On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:40:58 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>> Today's society is full of people who don't want to take the time to
>>>> *learn*, they just expect to be able to understand everything
>>>> instantly, and get frustrated when they don't "get it" within the
>>>> first 30 seconds of using a new tool.
>>> Today's OSS is full of products which come with no manual at all. :-P
>> 
>> Well, when it comes to 3D modelling, let's have a look, shall we?
> 
> I didn't mean these guys specifically. I just meant a lot of OSS
> projects sadly aren't as well-documented as they could be. (POV-Ray is a
> pleasent departure form this...)

Oh, sure, lots of OSS projects don't have good documentation.  Lots of 
OSS projects do.  Lots of commercial software has crap documentation, 
too, but there is some that does as well.

For example, if Word had reasonable documentation, you'd be able to 
figure out how to use templates, wouldn't you? ;-) <scnr>

Jim

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