Re: [hylafax-users] Problem when sending from 2 fax on the same line at the same time

[Lee Howard <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Darren Nickerson wrote:

> "Lee Howard" <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > In my opinion the relatively recent direction that the hylafax.org 
> > website has taken is at fault here, as anyone can write 
> > "official-looking content"... and this kind of misleading only 
> > devalues everything else associated with it.
>
>
> Quite frankly it doesn't matter _WHO_ writes the content, it can 
> always be in error


While it is true that official documentation can be in error it has 
significant value over other documentation in that 1) a discrepancy 
between it and actual program behavior indicates a shortcoming in the 
software or a shortcoming in the documentation itself, 2) there is an 
element of responsibility on the part of the officials to remedy the 
shortcoming, and 3) one would generally expect official documentation to 
contain fewer errors than unofficial documentation.  With unofficial 
documentation the reader does not have these assurances and is thus 
required to "take it for whatever it's worth" as errors may go unchecked 
and unfixed indefinitely.  The problem with putting gobs of unofficial 
"free-for-all" content under the under the same banner as official 
documentation is that it gives the unofficial documentation a misleading 
sense of being official and unwary readers will misunderstand.

Lee.

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