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From: boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au (Boyd Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: UNIX Documentation (was: '386 Unix Wars)
Keywords: unix, documentation, manual, research, index
Message-ID: <1983@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au>
Date: 11 Jan 91 00:40:29 GMT
References: <276d312d-8aecomp.unix.i386@point.UUCP> <33791527@bfmny0.BFM.COM> <1990Dec28.004756.6019@eci386.uucp> <1990Dec29.045924.656@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> <2856@cirrusl.UUCP> <1991Jan9.200617.25296@eci386.uucp>
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In article <1991Jan9.200617.25296@eci386.uucp> woods@eci386.UUCP (Greg A. Woods) writes:
>
>Excuse me?  Have you read any of AT&T documentation since the 7th
>Edition?  I was over-joyed with the advances AT&T made with their
>documentation as of Release 3.0, and with 3.2 and 4.0, things are even
>better.
>

Sure, I was over the moon when I saw the V.2 documentation.
12, count them, 12 manuals!!  All but two or three of them useful.
A whole shelf of useless verbage.

Contrast this with the Tenth Edition manuals.  There are just two volumes.
One containing tutorials, the other containing manuals entries.  Just right.


Boyd Roberts			boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz.au

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