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Re: ADMIN: An Open Letter to the TECHWR-L Community
This idea horrifies me, and I suspect that a lot of others feel the same way. If the STC were capable of providing the services that Techwr-l does, then surely Techwr-l would never have come into existence in the first place. In particular, one of the reasons that Techwr-l has been such a valuable resource is that, unlike the STC, the Rays have been neutral, with no particular axe to grind. I think that this neutrality would be one of the first things to go if the STC took over the site. As a frequent contributor to the web site, I also appreciate the fact that the Rays are open to offbeat ideas, such as my articles about prescriptive grammar and Linux and other open source topics. While I don't have figures for other articles, I suspect that few other articles on Techwr-l have been reprinted, translated, linked to, and quoted as often as mine. Just the other day, I saw one of them quoted on the OpenCD, the collection of Open Source software for Windows, and I have seen a couple of them used as school assignments. Yet, judging from the contents of official STC publications, I seriously question whether these articles would have appeared if the site had been an STC vehicle. For one thing, I doubt that I would have been offered payment for my time. For another, I long ago promised myself that I would not waste my time on the STC, so I never would have approached Techwr-l to do the articles in the first place. In fact, if the STC ever does take over Techwr-l, I would insist that all copyrights on my articles be reassigned to me, and the articles removed from the site. I will not have any my work appearing under the STC, nor in any way that suggests that I support the STC. Unlike the STC, Techwr-l is useful. Obviously, the Rays can do what they want, but I hate the idea of the STC taking it over, and I hope it never happens. -- Bruce Byfield http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ROBOHELP X5: Featuring Word 2003 support, Content Management, Multi-Author support, PDF and XML support and much more! TRY IT TODAY at http://www.macromedia.com/go/techwrl WEBWORKS FINALDRAFT: New! Document review system for Word and FrameMaker authors. Automatic browser-based drafts with unlimited reviewers. Full online discussions -- no Web server needed! http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l --- You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archiver -at- techwr-l -dot- com To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info. Follow-Ups:
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