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Andrew seems to be confusing accuracy with sufficiency. The two are neither
mutually inclusive nor mutually exclusive.
Do you think he gets paid by the word, or, perhaps, by the pound? ;-}
At 03:35 AM 12/13/99 -0800, Andrew Plato wrote:
>
>Sorry, but I like to write geeky manuals and I spend 98% of my writing energy
>making sure what I write is technically accurate.
>
>If you think accuracy is not important in tech writing - please don't ever
take
>a job in the airline, food processing, nuclear weapons, or ... well, just
don't
>take a job. I really do not want to be at the mercy of documentation that is
>well targeted to the right audience, but WRONG!
