RE: This too is technical communication

[<richard -dot- melanson -at- us -dot- tel -dot- com>]

Thank you for the back up John. These two dollar amounts could keep some very good Tech Writers employed and save companies some heartburn as well. 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:52 PM
To: TEI Melanson, Richard; kevindamery -at- gmail -dot- com
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: This too is technical communication

--- richard -dot- melanson -at- us -dot- tel -dot- com wrote:

> You guys think $375,999.00 is enough to get a companies attention??
> I worked at a semiconductor company for 19 years and IBM held this
> amount back until we had the PM Manuals and Op Manuals updated. I

What was the amount of the fine from the EU to Microsoft because MS
refused to document some internal stuff? 613 million dollars?

"In March 2004, the EU ordered Microsoft to pay â497 million (US$613
million), the largest fine ever handed out by the EU at the time, in
addition to the previous penalties, which included 120 days to
divulge the server information... "



John Posada
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