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Subject:Re: Alternative to floppy From:"John Posada" <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:11:32 -0400
Why?
it makes sense to describe one way even it's not the way the majority
may do it, but it's not OK to just do to do it?
To the majority, how did describing something they won't do benefit
them and maybe make them scramble for something they don't have, over
just saying to do it?
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Dan Goldstein
<DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> Even before, when the customers used a floppy, there were many
> alternatives. We just need to describe *one* method to the customer.
>
> It's like when I give you driving directions to my house: I'm only going
> to describe one of many possible routes.
--
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
NYMetro STC President
'Half this game is ninety percent mental.'
-- Danny Ozark, Philadelphia Phillies manager
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