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Re: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies
Subject:Re: Why Tech-Writers Should Know About Open Source Technologies From:Sean Wheller <sean -at- inwords -dot- co -dot- za> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:30:04 +0200
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 19:02, Bruce Byfield wrote:
> In other words, unless you plan to retire in the next five years, open
> source tools are likely to be part of your job as a tech-writer.
Open Source tools have comprised my whole tool chain for the past five years
and almost half of my income. Go figure, looks like Gartner is a little
slow :-)
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