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Subject:Re: Re[2]: Dilbert & tech writers From:"Janet K. Christian" <janetc -at- AUSTIN -dot- APPLE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 1 Aug 1995 09:19:38 +0100
> Wasn't Scott Adams' reaction to us rather negative? It seems to me he was
> annoyed when some members of this list flamed him. I'm actually surprised
> Alice is a sympathetic character.
>I think mystified was more correct than annoyed. (Though I admit, I'd have been
>annoyed if I were him.)
>He was a little surprised someone would get so upset at something so innocuous.
>Have fun,
>Arlen
>Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
>DNRC 124
>Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
I'm a little mystified myself. I reviewed last Sunday's Dilbert and did not
find it to be about technical writers. Do different papers get different
strips at different times? Can someone rehash the basic concept and dialog
for me?
