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> > I've only once had problems getting information out of an
> SME
> > (and I've worked with some pretty hostile ones, at least
> they
> > were initially), and that was a political situation.
and then John said:
>
> Then I've had more than my fair share. ;)
to which I reply:
I know I've been very lucky.
> And in some organizations, that knowledge is power.
>
> And that power is guarded very jealously.
yeah, that describes the situation I ran into pretty acurately.
<g>
It was a long time ago, and I was much younger (and more easily
intimidated) in those days.
What I did was piece together as much as I could from other
sources, and then rounded it out with fiction - what, to me,
sounded reasonable at the time - and gave it to the recalcitrant
SME to review. He came steaming back to my desk, bellowing
"Where did you get *this* "information?" I asked him to show me
where it was wrong, and, in a state of high dugeon (is there
ever a low dugeon?), he did.
The document wasn't as complete as it could have - should have -
been, but at least it wound up being accurate.
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