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RE: Why is so hard to for [any company] to take documentation seriously?
Subject:RE: Why is so hard to for [any company] to take documentation seriously? From:<Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:25:17 +0000
What Gene said.
Seems to me the word "grudgingly" is the most positive characterization I could apply to the subject. And it just goes downhill from there.
Brian H.
-----Original Message----- From: Gene Kim-Eng
What I find somewhat disturbing is that so many people are in denial and think that US companies take documentation any more seriously.
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