ADMIN: Time to get back to tech writing

[Eric Ray <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com>]

Gang,
It's time to get back to technical communication. Offshoring has
gone far afield, and the current discussions aren't appropriate
for this forum.
Thanks,
Eric


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