Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2(pesnta-1.3@8/13/85) 9/18/84; site pesnta.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!mnetor!lsuc!pesnta!earlw From: earlw@pesnta.UUCP (20) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Unix, Unixpeople, Usenix - from a non-compunerd's point of view... Message-ID: <2850@pesnta.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Oct-85 23:32:27 EDT Article-I.D.: pesnta.2850 Posted: Thu Oct 10 23:32:27 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Oct-85 00:44:42 EDT References: <96@tekadg.UUCP> Reply-To: earlw@pesnta.UUCP (Earl Wallace) Organization: Perkin-Elmer DSG/CSD, Santa Clara, Ca. Lines: 6 Summary: Well, I think you have made a good point about Unix and the documentation. Maybe what we need is net.docs where good documentation can be placed and expired monthly. The problem is getting the vendor to write and maintain the manuals and documents so the 'average' user can get useful information without resorting to writing a small test program to understand what was just read.