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Subject:Re: writers helping w/specs From:Joe Miller <joemiller -at- CANBERRA -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 10 Oct 1997 14:36:48 -0500
On 10/10, Doreen wrote:
> I'd like to know whether you work with development on their development specs.
> If so, do you write them, help write them, edit them, or what exactly is your
> involvement?
We edit a bit for clarity, translate from Engineerish into English and we lay
out the text file in two formats (spec sheet and manual addendum), but we
don't actually write them.
You may laugh at my reference to Engineerish, but for all its faults, it's much
easier to work with than Gibberish. <g>
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