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Subject:Re: Three biggest lies? (was HR vs...) From:"Bilsland, Alex" <abilslan -at- HUSKY -dot- ON -dot- CA> Date:Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:09:00 -0400
I nominate for number three:
We (the developers) won't fix the problem in the software. Instead, we
will just amend the documentation.
Alex Bilsland
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
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From: Steve Fouts
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Three biggest lies? (was HR vs...)
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 10:49AM
Marie McHarry wrote:
>Yes, I agree totally. If you are trying to write a manual to explain
how a
>device works, it actually helps if you don't have the foggiest idea
about it.
I have seen this statement more often than I care to remember in my
years
since becoming a technical writer. In fact, I've elevated it to the
status
of Number 1 on the list of the three biggest lies in Technical
Communication.
Number 2 is, "Author for multiple document formats (both print and
on-line!)
from a single source document!"
Any nominations for number 3?
_______________ _____
/ ___ __/__\ \ / / _\ Steve Fouts stefou -at- eskimo -dot- com
/___ \| | ___\ | / __\ I am the Lorax. I speak for
/ / \ | \ / \ the trees.
/_______/__|_______\_/________\ But not for SAFECO.
