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Subject:RE: Anyone Hide Easter Eggs in Docs? From:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 23 Jan 2002 12:09:10 -0500
I used to (and still do when I can get away with it) put my name and those
of the other writers and developers etc. into the screen shots in the
documentation. It's a good way of 'proving' that you actually wrote what you
say you did. And it also makes people feel good to see their names in print.
However, I was surprised a few years ago when I accepted a contract back at
the first company I had ever worked for, some 20 years previously. I was
looking through their current documentation, and found a series of examples
that all used the same example I had dreamt up in the first release of that
product. Yep, there it was, dutifully followed and updated for 20 years -
Garison Investments, Inc.
John Garison
Documentation Manager
IDe
150 Baker Avenue Extension
Concord, MA 01742
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