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RE: Why is so hard to for [any company] to take documentation seriously?
Subject:RE: Why is so hard to for [any company] to take documentation seriously? From:Kat Kuvinka <katkuvinka -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:"Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com" <brian -dot- henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com>, "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 18 Jul 2013 12:44:07 -0400
I do think *some* companies take doc more seriously, even if their customers don't!
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> What Gene said.
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> Seems to me the word "grudgingly" is the most positive characterization I could apply to the subject. And it just goes downhill from there.
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> Brian H.
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> -----Original Message----- From: Gene Kim-Eng
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> What I find somewhat disturbing is that so many people are in denial and think that US companies take documentation any more seriously.
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