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LinuxPR: The Open Source Documentation Fund

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 18, 2000

The Fund, which will be driven by sales from OpenDocs Books
is being implemented to help invigorate the Open Source
Documentation Community.

“Traditionally documentation has been the lame duck of the Open
Source community. Although the documentation is usually technically
accurate it is difficult for new users to understand or written in
what we like to call “Geek Grammar.”

“Geek Grammar is a mix between leaving out punctuation and
having 65 word sentences. Although Geeks usually can read this
without blinking an eye, novices geeks sometimes have a problem
interpreting the point an author is trying to make.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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