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Subject:Re: Fw: Contractors _ARE_ good people From:Chris Tonjes <chris -at- OVERTHE -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 22 Aug 1996 00:05:21 GMT
"Glanbrok, Conqueror of Bluntskulls" <conehead -at- overthe -dot- net> wrote:
>I've only worked in the software biz around Washington DC, and some
>peculiarities can be found here. Some of us locals attribute a certain
>bureaucratic viewpoint among many managers to the prevalence of former
>government contractors in our area. Writing documentation for the
>government has, until recently, had little resemblance to writing manuals
>or help for commercial software.
????? Strange. First you tell us not to generalize, then you come up
with the beauty above.
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