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Subject:Re: The Writer's Kit From:"Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 5 Jan 1998 14:58:00 -0800
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From: Andrew Plato
Would you hire a plumber who only used a snake -- even to fix leaky
sinks?
Would you hire an electrician who insisted on using only 220 volt wiring
(even for puny 12 volt things).
Would you hire a auto mechanic who only will work with a metric socket
set
(and you have an American car)?
No, so why would you want tech writers that don't have or know all the
tools?
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On the other hand, if you want to get your sink fixed, your house wired,
or your car repaired, do you inquire or even care what type of tools the
guy's going to use? What I would be most interested in is can he do a
quality job for a reasonable price.
It seems to me that the only reason a TW contractee should require that
a contractor use a particular tool is that the docs will be passed on
eventually to someone who ONLY knows a particular tool. (Which is why
I'm stuck using Word.)
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services, Application Delivery Group
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2, Box 2999
Tacoma, WA 98477-2999 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)
