On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 02:52:37PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 16 November 2016 14:13:49 Richard Owlett wrote: > > There exist SOC <Summer of Code> projects to encourage/mentor > > fledgling programmers. > > Considering the state of documentation, esp man pages, why no SOD > > <Summer of Documentation> projects for potential tech writers. > > There is no obvious pay-off for Google - or anyone else with money. And it > isn't fun. Your answer highlights the problem, although it's not quite what you said: the pay-off is, better docs! Which are very important. Perhaps not as much as the programs themselves; the question is, how important? Unfortunately, many people think nowhere near as important, hence nobody being prepared to pay for it. -- Jonathan Dowland Please do not CC me, I am subscribed to the list.
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