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Subject:Re: Dilbert Today From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"Bruce Megan (ST-CO/ENS2.5-NA)" <Megan -dot- Bruce -at- us -dot- bosch -dot- com> Date:Wed, 6 Jun 2012 09:36:54 -0700
Easiest comment in the world to respond to when you don't control corporate
formats: "I have to do it that way because it's in the style guide and
they already know I don't like it." Save that to a text file on your
desktop and just paste it in anytime style comments come in.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Bruce Megan (ST-CO/ENS2.5-NA) <
Megan -dot- Bruce -at- us -dot- bosch -dot- com> wrote:
> In my experience….working with 3 specific engineers, they don’t
> necessarily want to write the document….they want to CRITIQUE the document.
> I would be a little more gracious if these guys would stick to the
> technical verification, and not give me the reasons why the style guide
> (which I have no control over) should be changed.
>
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