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Subject:Re: Article in Info World From:Burke Michael <miburke -at- WSICORP -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 8 Jul 1998 13:20:49 -0400
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> Anyone willing to send an editorial response back to the author
> of the
> article and enlighten her on the aspects of the technical writing
> industry??? ;)
>
> Before one does, I'd suggest finding out what kind of communications
> the
> "Framingham coomunications company" she works for does.
>
[Burke Michael]
I haven't seen the article, but the "Framingham communications
company" the author works for is most likely IDG. IDG is a semi-large
conglomerate of various high-tech magazines(most of which have World in
the name, InfoWorld PCWorld etc), and the creators of the "... for
Dummies" books.
