So you chose to distribute your document via PDF and it is what 15MB in
size? You email this to those who are interested...do you do one single
mailing with all the addresses or do you individually email them? How
many of these guys can take a 15MB attachment or a 20MB message?
Probably all but I wonder how many of those who did not ask, did not do
so because they do not have a mailbox on a system that can swallow a
20MB message.
I chose to distribute my document via PDF because it was the best way to
make it cross platform. Nothing more, and nothing less. EVERY platform
supports PDF. Not every platform supports Microsoft Office. The
document size is 8.8Mb to be exact. A far cry from 15MB or 20MB. And,
since I didn't publish the size of the document in my e-mail they
wouldn't know how large it was to decide not to ask. If someone would
like the document source, they're welcome to it. Again, I chose PDF for
portability. No other reason.
Actually, having it available in html too would be a good thing imho.
Out of the 53 documents that I have sent out since I posted this, there
have been three bounce backs. One because someone's mailbox was full
and two because the document was too big.
Well, another mode of distribution might be good then...
Les:
Did you miss the 'revision history' link that removes all doubt about
who said what?
Did you see where I posted that the revision history tends to get
ignored by alot of people? I even stated what exactly happened in my
case. Sorry. Allowing someone else to revise my document, even with a
revision history, isn't worth being contacted by lawyers because of a
revision someone else made. If you can't understand that, I'm sorry.
Right, so you are now going to discount the fact that on the centos wiki
modifications are only possible by admins, yourself or those whom you
allow?
You then complain about
"Currently I have a domain, yes, however my bandwidth is rather limited.
By cost, not by speed. I don't feel like incurring hundreds of
dollars in usage fees to post this on my domain."
but don't feel like posting on the Centos wiki but do yap about 'big'
names like IEEE...
I "yapped" about a big site like IEEE because I am hoping that I can get
THEM to host the document, because I am limited to my monthly bandwidth.
The difference between the IEEE site and wiki is that IEEE will host the
actual document. Wiki is a whole different animal. That's like
comparing apples to corn. When I hit the cap, I have a significant
usage penalty. I am giving this document out for free. I cannot afford
to pay $100 a month in bandwidth fees when I go over my cap.
Do you or do you not know that you can put a pdf in a wiki?
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