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Chuck, I was at the same meeting and didn't agree with the speaker on
this issue either. I believe in producing quality work, with or without a
formal quality program.
;-{D
Marc A. Santacroce
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"Better to be judged by twelve than carried by six."
On Tue, 27 Sep 1994, Chuck Martin wrote:
> Unfortunately, I can't disagree with Rick. At an STC chapter meeting
> in SF earlier this year where we got a presentation about ISO, they
> person said that you can produce total garbage, so long as it's
> documented that you're producing garbage.
> More unfortunately, the European Union countries are requiring
> companies to be ISO certified before they can do business there,
> at least with the government. For many companies, international
> sales are a significant part of the bottom line, and I suppose
> the cost of ISO is looked on as a worthwhile investment.
> But there's not the process in the world that will make what I
> write any more useful to my end users. I'm too damn proud of my work
> to allow anything less than the best I can do.
> Chuck Martin
> Information Developer, IBM
> techwriter -at- vnet -dot- ibm -dot- com
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