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Was Certification, now veerng dangerously toward STC
Subject:Was Certification, now veerng dangerously toward STC From:"Smith, Amy" <amsmith -at- PTC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 17 Jun 1997 15:13:02 -0400
Elna Tymes wrote:
> > ... The most charitable view is
> >that STC is a group of wannabes and academicians who have formed a
> >self-help group in the hope of improving their status. The notion that this group is >a source of reliable judgments about what constitutes high quality professional writing >is truly a sick joke, in my opinion.
Is this a case of the old Groucho Marx saw "I wouldn't want to join any
club that would have me as a member"? ;-) ;-) ;-)
Amy
STC member - yes
Stand on certification - against
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Amy Smith, Documentation Manager
Parametric Technology 128 Technology Drive Waltham MA 02154 http://www.ptc.com
amsmith -at- ptc -dot- com
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