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Subject:SUMMARY: Watchacall the thingummy From:"M. Dannenberg" <midannen -at- SI -dot- BOSCH -dot- DE> Date:Mon, 20 Oct 1997 17:45:18 +0200
Some time ago I wrote:
> So far our product had one manual called "User's Guide" that came in
> one
> folder. The next release is going to have that folder again, but now
> there'll be an additional folder for various options people can buy,
> as
> well as technical notes, doc updates and everything else that may come
>
> up. The question now is, how do I call this thingy? "Miscellaneous"
> would be most honest, but out for obvious reasons. Suggestions so far
> have been "Packages", "Modules" and "Extensions", neither is very
> promising. Any suggestions?
Thanks to everybody who responded. I got a number of useful suggestions
and after some more discussion everybody agreed on "Supplement".
Thanks again,
Mike
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Mike Dannenberg
ETAS GmbH & Co.KG
midannen -at- si -dot- bosch -dot- de