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> > 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.
I'm going to have to remember that one. It might come in handy one
day.
Thanks for sharing it, Becca.
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John Fleming
Technical Writer
Edmonton, Alberta
email: johnf -at- ecn -dot- ab -dot- ca
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