Re: The cost of inaccurate technical documentation

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I would go further than that.  Legal documents are intended
to take simple concepts (justice, fair play, keeping one's
word, doing what's right and ethical), make them so 
complicated that you can't possibly understand them and
don't dare try to without hiring a lawyer and enable those
who do hire lawyers to twist them around to suit any
desired interpretation.  They're not just far apart from
technical documents, but are completely opposite in their
intended function.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Posada" <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>


>Tech documents take difficult concepts and describe them
> simply. Legal documents intentionaly allow for interpretation.

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