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Subject:RE: Bubble Your Pleasure, Bubble Your Fun From:"Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:24:19 -0400
"Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
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>The problem with the economy isn't that people are failing to buy from
>Wal*Mart. Stores are packed and people are buying retail just fine,
>with or without documentation. The problem (for tech writers) is
>corporate IT investment, not retail. Wal*Mart (and all big corps)
>aren't buying technology. They are still digesting and coasting on the
>technology they overpaid for in the '90s.
>
Mike,
I was addressing only Mark Baker's point about the diminishing necessity for hiring tech writers to document consumer products. I agree with you on the IT front.
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