Re: Interesting quote

["Larry Usselman" <elgrans -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Marie, I do believe you have identified the mysterious, late, great Dick
Brandon. Here's a pretty good biographical article:
http://www.itechlaw.org/history_project6.htm. He sounds like quite an
interesting character. It must have been exciting to work for such a
pioneer.

Larry

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Marie Pinho <mdpinho -at- verizon -dot- net> wrote:

> Could it be?  I used to work for Dick Brandon many years ago.  He had a
> company (Brandon Applied Systems) and developed documentation
> standards/documents/etc.  Company was in NY and Washington DC
>
> Marie
>
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> To: Milan Davidovic
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> Subject: Re: Interesting quote
>
> Good question...the only other Dick Brandon I was able to find (other than
> multiple references to this quotation) was a child actor from the 1920s. I
> doubt if either one of these Brandons are the quotee. Whoever Dick Brandon
> was, he didn't leave much of a trail.
>
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:42 PM, Milan Davidovic <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Larry Usselman <elgrans -at- gmail -dot- com>
> wrote:
> > > "Documentation is like sex; when it is good, it is very, very good; and
> > when
> > > it is bad, it is better than nothing."
> > > - Dick Brandon
> >
> > Couldn't find a Wikipedia entry for Dick Brandon, but I found one for
> > a Richard Brandon:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brandon
> >
> > Unless this is the same guy (which I doubt), who is Dick Brandon?
> >
> > --
> > Milan Davidovic
> > http://altmilan.blogspot.com
> >
>
>
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Larry Usselman
Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania
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