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Re: Value of technical writers - Sorry, boss is (mostly) right
Subject:Re: Value of technical writers - Sorry, boss is (mostly) right From:Michal Sirton <michal-l -at- ORBOTECH -dot- CO -dot- IL> Date:Wed, 30 Dec 1998 09:28:46 +0200
Andrew Plato wrote:
>In comparison, software design and development has dramatically
>changed in the past 10 years. Entire new languages have risen and
>fallen in the past 10 years. Moreover, the technologies are radically
>different.
New languages, new DTP programs... what's the difference? They're all
just tools.
But there's a lot more happening out there in the world of technical
communication than just new tools. No matter how hard I try, I don't come
close to keeping up with it all.
