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Subject:RE: what should I say? From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Sep 2002 13:50:50 -0400
The conversation should go something like this:
"Mr. Marketing-Guy...I think I understand that there is a consideration that
the manuals be produced in Quark. I like Quark, I think it is a
super-application under the right conditions. However, I'd like to discuss
with you to determine if Quark is the best application for YOUR situation.
based on what I know...and I may not know all the circumstances, there is an
application that I think is better suited. Before this project goes to the
point where things cannot be changed, think we can discuss this over a few
beers?"
BTW...don't go NEAR this single source stuff...his eyes will glaze over.
Just convince him that the application is right, and THEN you can tell him
all the other cool things it can do once you've delivered a preliminary
something.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
212-414-6656
-----Original Message-----
From: Susan W. Gallagher [mailto:sgallagher5 -at- cox -dot- net]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:06 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: what should I say?
Y'know, I'd much rather get dressed up, fight traffic,
and go sit in a meeting, secure in the knowledge that
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