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I wasn't going to add to this. Really I wasn't. However...
On Mon, 10 Nov 1997 11:25:00 -0800, Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)
wrote:
>4. Be clear. RTM is clear.
Umm. Sorry, but it isn't. Internally, (which is the only place I'd use
RTFM) we use RTM for Release To Manufacturing. If I told someone to RTM,
they would NOT think about the manual.
Anyway, I always tell people that RTFM stands for "Read The Fine
Manual." You could substitute "fabulous" for "fine" if you wanted.
Regards,
Roy M. Jacobsen
Editor
Great Plains Software
rjacobse -at- gps -dot- com
