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Subject:Re: Value of good communication? From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- progeny -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:22:04 -0700
Dia Blankenship wrote:
> ** As with many other jobs, tech writers are only noticed when they do *bad*
> work. If you do your job well, the documentation is totally seamless to the
> user, so there's nothing to draw attention to it. I take that as a
> compliment...
>
That's one of the perks about working with Linux. Professional-level
documentation wasn't a concern in Linux until a couple of years ago, and
the average quality is still fairly low. Also, when a company is selling
open source software, value-added material becomes much more important
than with proprietary software. As a result, good documentation is
frequently mentioned in reviews.
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Bruce Byfield 604.421.7177 bbyfield -at- progeny -dot- com
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