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Subject:Re: Certification: My Personal Survey is a SHAM From:barryk -at- MDHOST -dot- CSE -dot- TEK -dot- COM Date:Fri, 13 Jun 1997 13:34:09 -0700
On Fri, 13 Jun 1997 Geoff -dot- King -at- NA -dot- NWMARKETS -dot- COM wrote:
> Thank you very much, everybody, for your contributions on the certification
> issues. They are all very helpful for the articles I am writing on the
> subject. I am also reading through the hundreds of comments on the archives.
>
> Briefly, this is what I have learned so far:
>
Geoff King,
The only thing you "learned", and the only thing you are bothering us
Technical Writers with is:
Never conduct a survey that you do not already know the outcome to.
Your findings reflect your personal opinion only.
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