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Subject:Re: Our Real Nemesis From:William Meisheid <wgm -at- SAGELINE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 19 May 1998 07:52:54 -0400
>TC can have an aesthetic, but, like any crafts', it has to
be based on function to be any use.
And I believe I am correct in saying that the real function
of technical communication is meeting the needs of the user,
no matter what other agendas are attached along the way.
Once the document, or the help system, or the process
itself, becomes an end in itself, the real function is lost.
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