Wednesday Nov 21, 2007
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Wednesday Nov 21, 2007
docs.sun.com (dsc): A document repository barely alive. We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better than it was. Better...stronger...faster.
We can, we did! I say "we," even though I didn't have anything to do with it, just trying to show my community frame of mind.
Check out http://docs.sun.com and see if it isn't faster and more searchable than ever. If you're familiar with dsc, you know it has been slow and difficult to navigate and search. Then, for a short period of time, it got better. Then, it got worse again. Now, it's good again, great in fact.
I brought in a crack team of scientist to fix the problem. I say "I" even though I didn't have anything to do with it. I also say "brought in" even though nobody was brought in. As I understand it, after dsc was improved, a new problem quickly arose that was causing poor performance. The dsc folks investigated thoroughly, found, and then fixed the problem. I could tell you what the problem was, but then I'd have to bore you into a coma with the details. I'd also need to understand what they did. Suffice to say, look for documents on http://docs.sun.com and tell me if it isn't better than before.
Good job guys. By the way, how much resource you got to improve docs.sun.com ? Do you think your manager support it and Sun's product is easy to used ?
Posted by Reader on November 21, 2007 at 03:22 PM PST #
Reader:
I was with you for a while, but kind of lost you towards the end there. About resources, Sun's a mean, lean, fighting machine these days. So, resources to improve docs.sun.com are tight, but still priorities seem to have been adjusted to improve dsc and Sun's more efficient than ever at doing a lot with nothing.
The manager-support portion of your question. Nope, don't get the question. I'll say "Yes, management supports it."
Not sure what, but in my opinion, they're pretty supportive.
The question about Sun's products being easy to use (I'm throwing in a little conjecture here to guess that that's what the question is), I'll answer with yes, no, and sometimes. I think Sun's products range from easy to almost impossible. It depends on the product and whose products you compare them to.
Posted by John Domenichini on November 21, 2007 at 03:40 PM PST #