A confused Network Admin

[Lisi, Christine]

I think the bottom line is not to be defensive about it but to try to
make it better.  I can contribute a bit from a Windows standpoint and
will visit the site you mention.

Christine Lisi
Application Specialist

Management Information Systems * City of Delray Beach * 100 NW First
Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444

Phone, 561-243-7142 * Fax, 561-243-7166 * eMail, Lisi at MyDelrayBeach.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Dylan Keon [mailto:keon at nacse.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 2:31 PM
To: Lisi, Christine
Cc: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] A confused Network Admin

Lisi, Christine wrote:
> Marco - I couldn't have put it better myself.  The best OpenSource
> documentation of the four I have dealt with in the last 2 weeks came
> with PHP; twenty-three pages of step-by-step instructions, and they
> didn't forget about Windows users.  I agree that this listserver
> wouldn't be nearly as busy if the documentation on the OpenSource
> products was more complete and precise, and I also wish there was more
> of a collaborative effort between the programmers when releasing new
> versions.

I think we are lucky to have powerful, useful software like MapServer 
available to us at no cost.  The developers put a lot of work into the 
code, and probably don't have much time left over for writing 
documentation.  Any of us are welcome to contribute to the docs, though.

  I'm sure the developers would be thrilled to have more help.  Take a 
look at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mdp/mdp.html if you're interested 
in helping.

--Dylan