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Subject:RE: PDF a "book" of Word files From:Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:32:14 -0700 (PDT)
> The question is, as part of committing itself to
> using the right tool, did
> the group think about the ramifications? Did they
> look around and say, "Do
> any of us need to get basic knowledge of FM, in the
> unlikely event that John
> moves on?"
>
> It isn't *your* job to ask that question -- it's
> theirs. But from your post,
> it kind of sounds like they never asked.
I'm sorry, but if the writer is brought in to
implement a solution, then it's the writer's
responsibility as well as the employer's to ask that
question. Knowing a bit about how John works given his
posts, I assume it was decided that FM was the best
fit and he got buy-in to use it.
=====
Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)
"As soon as you hear the phrase "studies show",
immediately put a hand on your wallet and cover your groin."
-- Geoff Hart
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