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RE: Help on Coordination between Engineers and Technical Writers
Subject:RE: Help on Coordination between Engineers and Technical Writers From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L (E-mail)" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:02:20 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Swallow
>
> You want a product called Good Communication. It's relatively
> cheap, which
> is good, but it's very hard to implement. Usability is
> sketchy as well, so
> rely on lots of training and following up on all using it
> regularly. It may
> sound like a pain to use, but over time, people will get used
> to it and it
> will become a part of their daily lives.
If I counted right, Bill just made six points *against* buying Good
Communication. Quick, pick up the phone and call Redmond -- what a perfect
addition to the Microsoft Office Suite!
Seriously, isn't it possible that there's a competing product that's worth
paying a little more for?