I don't use a lot of open source software, and the ones I have
used have all struck me as being fairly well documented,
especially when you consider the process by which the
software is developed. My guess is that by their very nature
open source projects tend to attract developer types who are
more interested in discussing what they're doing with others
and have better communications skills that support working
in large, disconnected groups where they often hand work
off to each other.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Dossy Shiobara" <dossy -at- panoptic -dot- com>
> I'd like to follow-up with a second question: while it's not unusual for
> a software developer to contribute code to an open-source software
> project, I haven't (personally) seen much evidence of tech. writers
> contributing documentation, manuals, etc. to open-source software
> projects.
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