Re: YOU are responsible, even when YOU are not to blame
Jan...not to belabor the point, but what does any of this matter?
To know error is to fix error.
If that was the whole point, why did this discussion even get started? The initial statement on reponsibility was prompted by this paragraph:
Because I am a technical writer, I understand that inaccuracies are not necessarily the fault of the writer, or even the editor. This book was produced before the final version of the software came out. It had to be. If the publishers had waited for the final version, before they committed ink to the page, the book would have hit the stores long after the software, and the publishers would have missed out on the initial purchases made by people who wanted to learn the product.
This describes a case where a fix wasn't possible. So if it is only about fixing errors, what was Andrew going on about here?
Sure, there is no argument that you fix errors in your work (and this has not much to do with being a writer, it goes for every walk of life, IMHO). And I don't believe that anybody on this list has argued otherwise.
As I said before, this discussion seems to have grown somewhat out of proportion considering the underlying issue.
Regards
Jan Henning
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