Re: CD-ROM Manuals

In article <1993Apr1.091536_at_chevron.com>, epeas_at_chevron.com (John Peach) writes:
> Whilst I agree that I would rather see the documentation on CD-ROM, Oracle _can_
> provide documentation in copiable format - we get it in A4 loose-leaf format and
> can then copy those bits which anyone needs....
> The real problem with this is that it seems to take Oracle much longer to provide
> it in this form.
> --
> John Peach
> Chevron (UK) Ltd.
> Ninian House, Crawpeel Road, Altens, Aberdeen, AB1 4LG, Scotland.
> Internet: epeas_at_aberdeen.chevron.com Phone: +44 224 242637

The whole point of this discussion is that ANY form of mechanical document distribution is inherently slow and error prone. Page replacements in large, complex technical manuals are almost never done correctly, even assuming that the distributuion is correct (any (former) military types out there? Remember the dash one manuals?)

No, no. The only efficient solution to documenting a rapidly changing, widely utilized technical product is some form of electronic distribution where the vendor posts changes directly into the manual(s) and then redistributes (or sells) the updated version.

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