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Or, like me, I've lost patience and never got to the juicy questions.
Questions don't threaten me...I've never had one punch me in the mouth
and if I have to answer the question but don't want to, I'll lie.
For me, if ya don't get to the interesting stuff within 6 questions or
less, I'm outta there.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Isogon Corporation http://www.isogon.com
"Realizing Your Business Goals
Through Software Asset Management"
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Subject: Re: Need some ideas?
> I am aware that this is not enough, but this is a start in a place
> that has never found out anything before.
There's actually one good reason for asking basic questions: Basic
questions are non-threatening. People are used to answering and do so
automatically. If you put the basic questions first, then, by the time
they get to the questions that really interest you, they're more likely
to be relaxed and answer them in enough detail that you'll get useful
answers.
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