Heh. I've been updating documentation this week. I do all my work on
the local wiki. My boss has promised me he'll put it on
sharepoint when I'm finished.<br>
<br>
Best of both worlds, I reckon.<br>
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-- CHS<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/5/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">George L. Allen</b> <<a href="mailto:glallen01@gmail.com">glallen01@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
><br> > I don't know, I pretty much agree with you for the most part, then<br> > again, I've pretty much treated documents as simply another piece of<br> > source code and managed it much the same way.<br>
<br> <br>Exactly!<br> <br> That's why LaTeX, vi, sed/awk, etc. are such beautiful things...<br> <br> I just wish the masses could be taught the same, not the tools, but at<br> least the mindset. Want more from your candidates for office (software).<br>
<br> I think wikis are great, and the Army (where I work) has a few different<br> projects in that vein (changing mindsets is an understatement), but... it<br> just doesn't work out.<br> <br> I got into a discussion about several systems (including sharepoint)<br>
compared to wikis - arguing that the limitation in content types (only<br> articles and supporting graphics, content contained by the page) was a<br> strength of wikis as opposed to a weakness - because it forced users to<br>
worry about the darn content, and not to get caught up in the nuances of<br> 'Document Workspaces' and hierarchies upon hierarchies of lost cruft.<br> <br> Plus with all content in a indexed searchable namespace rather than buried<br>
in the cruft, the management of the pages themselves, as opposed to the<br> content within the pages, looks logarithmic instead of linear (at best).<br> <br> I dunno - maybe we just get the tools we ask for, hence the *nix CNC-mill<br>
with welding and smelting options for those who seek it, and one hammer<br> fits all for everyone else.<br> <br><br> ><br> > --<br> > Until later, Geoffrey<br> ><br> > Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little<br>
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