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Hi Gene,
Weâve chatted online before, but I know Iâve never met you in person. I was in Silicon Valley for many years. I grew up in Fremont, went to college at 16 starting at Ohlone. Then I moved onto West Valley College, and eventually San Jose State before moving to Washington and getting a degree in educational technology. I also worked at Microsoft for 15 contracts in five years as a perm employee.
But I wasnât talking about you. Sorry about the confusion I should have said that it was directed towards Alan Houser.
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> On Nov 2, 2023, at 5:49 AM, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net> wrote:
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> ïThe only circumstance I can imagine where accusations of plagiarism *within the same company* might be used would be in an attempt to get rid of a writer who could not be fired without some sort of concrete evidence of malfeasance. I've never seen it happen.
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> A possible sin that looks like plagiarism would be the failure to research when updating a document, instead presenting an earlier but out-of-date version as a new finished product. Again, I've never seen it happen.
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> As I may have related in this forum long ago, a new tech writer was brought into our group and given the desk of someone who had just been relieved of duty. The former writer's nameplate was still there. "You had HER working here? WHAT DID SHE TELL YOU SHE WROTE? When we were both at (other company) she was always passing off my work as hers."
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