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Re: [CQ-Contest] Supreme Irony of Software Design and Documentation

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Supreme Irony of Software Design and Documentation
From: k1ttt@arrl.net
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 06:50:02 -0500 (EST)
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of course this is normal.  most of us software engineers would much rather
make the software work well than to document how to use it.  that is what
tech writers are for... unfortunately they are rarely given enough time
after the software is written to properly do their job.

> It would be funny were it not so infuriating that most software seems to
> be
> designed to the assumption that the user is a complete idiot and
> documented
> on the assumption that he is a mind-reading genius.
>
> Rick N6XI
> Retired Software Guy
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