[ale] [OT] Good Server Documentation - Best Practices

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Wed Jan 29 20:56:19 EST 2003


Dia is pretty cool. It an opensource Visio clone. Some of the plug in
modules are pretty slick. There is one than lets you design a database
visually, then it read the dia output and sets up the postgresql
database tables. 

On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 16:56, cfowler wrote:
> What is Dia?  I've honestly never found anything better than Visio.  I
> did try one from The Kompany.
> 
> On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 16:50, Geoffrey wrote:
> > cfowler wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 16:25, Jonathan Glass wrote:
> > > 
> > >>I'm about to spend a half-day doing nothing but documentation!  Woohoo! 
> > >>Now I'm in a quandary.  I have a nice, new, clean notebook (3-ring
> > >>binder) with inserts.  WHat is the best way to document your servers?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Use VIM and ASCII art.
> > > 
> > > But you really should use something like Visio.  Convert to PDF and
> > > print for your binder.  Pencils are part of the past.
> > 
> > I'm sure you meant Dia, since Visio only runs on M$ and is owned by 
> > those criminals as well.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> > 
> > The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
> > Think about it...
> > 
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