Re: Call me grumpy, but....

From: Carlos Benjamin <benj@firstlinux.net> > >--- "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >From: Joe Lumbley <jlumbley@netcom4.netcom.com> > >> > >>In all fairness, it seems to be getting harder and harder even to FIND > >>the FM. Much of the doc is now on CD and less and less is available > >>in hard copy (without jumping though hoops to get it). > > > >Nah, that's hooey mate. The docs are all on CD, and thank goodness for >that. > >They change so damn quickly, Informix would be assaulted by tree huggers > >everywhere if they still pushed paper manuals out everywhere. I've gone > >through about 8 revisions of the CD in the last year, can you imagine if >I'd > >got 8 sets of manuals? I'd have had to read at least one of them. (One >for > >our regular viewers) > >I feel strongly both ways.... Oh? That's a side of your character of which I was not previously aware... >I think the digital manuals are a boon for a number of reasons. For me, >two of the biggest are that I can have a copy that isn't going to walk away >and searching is much quicker. However, it has become increasingly >difficult for me to connect to http://www.informix.com/answers - Is anyone >else experiencing the same? Nope. But why not get an Answers OnLine CD? >Additionally, it isn't always very clear as to which manual I need to look >in. I can't remember specific examples, but I know that several times I >have located my answer in another manual after I've wasted time looking in >what, to me, seemed a more logical location. Of course, everything's always >in the 'last place you look' for some eerie reason. Gives me the willies! Well, that confirms it, I guess. Anyway, perhaps you could consider the "Getting Started" manual, it contains a section on what is where. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com