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Subject:RE: Did I overreact? From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 31 May 2006 13:41:11 -0700 (PDT)
Now...did I say that? :-)
--- Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> Duck and cover, kids -- here comes the certification thread!
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Posada
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:29 PM
> > To: Lou Quillio; Dan Goldstein
> > Cc: TECHWR-L
> > Subject: Re: Did I overreact?
> >
> > ... We, the professional writers do nothing to prevent the
field
> > from being watered down ("I need a Functional Spec...can
someone
> > send me one?") and do nothing to make would-be-writers prove
> > that they actually know how to construct a document.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
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