Re: This too is technical communication

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> John, you're missing the point here... I want the SMEs to 
> explain things to me like it was *ME* who's the high-school 
> dropout forklift driver.
> I do write for the appropriate audience, not for forklift 
> drivers, if the appropriate audience is network administrators.

Missed points all around...

I don't WANT them to explain anything to me under any false
pretenses. It should be a professional developer talking to a
professional writer.

Let's chalk it up to different styles and leave it at that.

John Posada
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