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Subject:Re: Why do you do contract work? From:John Gough <gough -at- AUSTIN -dot- ASC -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 17 Apr 1997 04:55:40 -0500
Since I cast a few aspersions on Kate's posting initially,
it seems only fair to report that we have traded email.
She seems to be on the up-and-up.
I don't think I was overreacting to her post--it asked detailed
questions and did not tell anything about who she was or why
she wanted the info. I hadn't seen postings from her before.
It looked like an agency fishing for data.
Harkens me to the rhetorical/anthropological end o' the tech
writing biz, specifically (Aristotle's) _ethos_: be careful
about establishing your persona, and watch out that you
don't get mistaken for something you aren't.
Kate in turn reported that
>[snip] I have a total of 8 survey responses
>and 22 requesting the results!!
Good luck Kate, and next time introduce yourself so
we know what a nice person you are. :-)
John
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