Re: How did *you* get into this business?

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
• Next message: Zefram: "Re: How did *you* get into this business?"
• Previous message: Lani Teshima-Miller: "WHY did *you* get into this business? (was: How did *you*...)"
• In reply to: Monee C. Kidd: "Re: How did *you* get into this business?"
• Next in thread: James D. Murray: "Re: How did *you* get into this business?"

> On Sat, 3 Jun 1995, Jim Burk wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > Anyways, that's how I've been doing. Although my FAQ isn't a mainstream
> > type of document (such as the Copyright FAQ or the comp.lang.c FAQ), it
> > still has a steady following. In the future, I hope to write another
> > FAQ, one that IS in the mainstream... but I don't know what topic I
> > should write it on.
> > -Jim
> >
>
> This point intrigued me, writing a FAQ not out of a deep attachment for
> the topic, but for 1> the joy of writing an informative document or 2>
> the desire for net.fame or 3> as a stepping stone to other greatness.
>
> How many people maintain FAQs on subjects they were not previously well
> versed on?

I do. Well, sort-of, since the FAQ hasn't really been released yet. But I
work on a list of all the operating systems supported by the PC and once
I've gotten past the usual systems, there are lots of weird things I
haven't ever heard of. In this case I guess it's probably not even
possible to know the subject inside-out. There's just too much stuff.

But finding information isn't that difficult, there are a lot of people
that are eager to help and I've gotten lots of input from all over the
Net so I guess not being familiar with the topic isn't that much of a
drawback in this case.

As to *why* I started this thing, I don't really know. When I was working
with a local IAP, I was always the one claiming that there had to be more
documentation available and as a result I usually ended up writing it
because no one else would bother...
In this case, I was looking for this information, found some indication
that some people had thought about it but it seems that there never was a
serious attempt to put the thing together. Plus I was really getting
tired of people saying 'PC' when they meant 'DOS' or 'Windoze'.

(And I don't even work in the computing field anymore :-/ )

Fred.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
This text is entirely made of the freshest hand picked electrons
I speak for no one except me and my cat.
---------------------------------- Linux ------------------------------------

• Next message: Zefram: "Re: How did *you* get into this business?"
• Previous message: Lani Teshima-Miller: "WHY did *you* get into this business? (was: How did *you*...)"
• In reply to: Monee C. Kidd: "Re: How did *you* get into this business?"
• Next in thread: James D. Murray: "Re: How did *you* get into this business?"

[ Usenet Hypertext FAQ Archive | Search Mail Archive | Authors | Usenet ]
[ 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 ]