Re: Variety in Tech Writing (was: Display, Displays, or Appears)

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I must *really* be off today.  I was thinking about my reaction 
to encountering this situation as a customer/user, not in a
document we produced.

And if I were to stop buying buggy software...well, I wouldn't
have much use for a computer without any software, would
I...?

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ned Bedinger" <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>
> If the entire chain of trust between you and the tech writer is down, 
> then that's a different problem. I would take it as time to get rid of 
> the tech writer providing untrustworthy procedures, or time to stop 
> buying products with buggy docs, or time to get with the vendors and 
> adjust the relationship.

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