Case Studies

[Michele Petrovsky <pe...@voicenet.com>]

>At 08:34 AM 11/24/98 +0100, you wrote:
>>And then silence came upon the land of the Docs..
>>
>
>Um ...  partially my fault.  For the past couple of
>weeks, I've been trying to line up someone/someplace
>that would be willing to let me use their Apache
>installation as the subject of a case study (see
>message from 11/02)

Some possibilities developing re: case studies to
"explain" Apache to the uninitiated.  One involves
the SYSADMIN at the community college where I teach.  He's
in the process of adding CGI capabilities and additional
security features to his Apache configuration (which
handles Web access to the college library's online catalog),
and has volunteered.  Others possible too; will keep you posted.

One more thing - everyone I've sounded out re: this (all
of whom are sysadmins and at least Unix-conversant) has said
that the one piece of Apache documentation they'd most like
to have would be an "in-English" version of the existing
online docs - something akin to a fleshed-out Quick Reference
Card.  So I guess we're back to considering a "Users' Guide"
too.

Michele Petrovsky

Re: Case Studies

["Bill Jones, FCCJ Webmaster" <we...@fccj.org>]

Michele Petrovsky wrote:
> 
> One more thing - everyone I've sounded out re: this (all
> of whom are sysadmins and at least Unix-conversant) has said
> that the one piece of Apache documentation they'd most like
> to have would be an "in-English" version of the existing
> online docs - something akin to a fleshed-out Quick Reference
> Card.  So I guess we're back to considering a "Users' Guide"
> too.
> 

PMFJI  :]

I would have to say, in my opinion, that the Apache Docs are
great 'starter' guides in general but DO NOT cover things at a
length that I am looking for - especially when it comes to
things like some of the modules - mod_rewrite, for example.

Also, at least in my local area, the people I've discuss things
similar to this with have found that what they 'think' about
how things happen in Unix, etc, are not really the way things
work in Unix, etc.  So some of the confusion when it comes
to WWW servers, etc is that they must unlearn what they have
learned and start thinking in a wider scope.

Thx for hearing out my 2 Cents :]
-Sneex- 
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