Re: Glossary vs. something else

From: Andrew Thompson (SeeMySites_at_www.invalid)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:39:26 GMT

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:57:37 +0200, Thomas Weidenfeller wrote:

> From time to time I get suggestions, no, not
> suggestions, demands, that I absolutely have to change this or that,
> give the FAQ away, convert it into a web page, to WinHelp [sic], or to
> JavaDoc or rewrite all of it from scratch. People want me to work for
> them, for free. I always invite the ones who demand something like this
> to do it them self, while respecting my copyright (which puts almost all
> of them off).

(chuckles) I could not quite understand your seeming
'lack of enthusiasm' for the HTML version of the GUI
FAQ. Now that you say that, it becomes a lot clearer.
I agree with your philosophy, and am glad I can now
better appreciate where you are coming from. 

-- 
Andrew Thompson
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