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Subject:Re: Manuals on CD-ROM From:Richard Mateosian <srm -at- C2 -dot- ORG> Date:Sat, 3 Feb 1996 15:07:40 -0800
>You should insist that any contractors (other than commercial
>printers) work with your tools on your platform!
Actually, you need not concern yourself with what tools your contractors
use. Your concern is that they deliver something that meets your specifications.
If you want to control inessential details of HOW something gets done, you
need to give the job to an employee, not a contractor. ...RM
