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Subject:RE: Developments in the review cycle From:Ed <glassnet -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> Date:Sun, 10 Apr 2016 20:01:05 -0400
Erika,
This is also true in my world. I have worked with projects that are equal
split of hw and sw. Now the products are exclusively hw. Is your product a
system or a smaller manufactured device with software on the side?
I agree it is challenging when you try to work through pubs with shorter
schedules.
On Apr 10, 2016 02:56, "Erika Yanovich" <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com> wrote:
> In my real world, there are also HW products, so there is no help inside
> the product. The documentation comes separately. Also, our target audience
> may not have Internet access where the equipment is located or in the NOC
> (due to security reasons).
> Erika
>
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> In the real world, there's still a lot of installed software with embedded
> online help. Once that ships and a customer installs it, the help doesn't
> get updated until they choose to install a later release.
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