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Subject:Re: Bad Documentation and Linux From:Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:jleer -at- leertech -dot- net Date:Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:28:05 -0500
Commercial docs, maybe in some cases. Internal docs, no, though those
rarely see any real quality or consistency in composition. I pray I
never see the day when power plants are run without operations
manuals. I pray I see the day when juice boxes come without
documentation.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Jon Leer <jleer -at- leertech -dot- net> wrote:
> Let's face. The only reason for documentation is because customers demand
> it. Managers want it to be accurate, but they certainly could care less how
> it gets done, and will never look at it themselves.
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