Re: [inframe] Single-sourcing = myth? (and other topics)

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Since most of us don't have access to the article (the STC website only 
provides a 1-sentence description of it), why don't you summarize the more 
obnoxious points in an emai,l Bill?.
At 05:38 PM 7/17/02 -0400, Bill Swallow wrote:
>Am I alone here, or was anyone else really taken aback by the
>July/August 2002 Intercom article "Differentiating Online Help from
>Printed Documentation"?
>
>I *KNOW* single-sourcing isn't a myth, as I've done it and know many
>others who do it with great success. I guess I'm just amazed that such
>misinformation would get past the editors of the magazine and become
>published word, especially given the STC now has a brand new
>single-sourcing SIG.
>
>The article is full of sweeping generalizations and misinformation. It
>mentions "myths", yet counters them with very weak evidence and,
>ironically, more information stemming from age-old misinformation.
>
>To go into detail in this e-mail would result in a passage longer than
>the original article. If you get Intercom and have read the article,
>please feel free to comment. I don't think I am alone in thinking that
>this article needs to be addressed very quickly before more
>misinformation is communicated through the industry.
>
>B I L L   S W A L L O W
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