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I think the sportswriting metaphor is off-base. Or maybe out of bounds.
Newspapers ship on time. If your front page stinks, tough. The presses
have to start turning at a particular time, or the whole delivery mechanism
breaks down. The subscribers expect their newspaper to land in a puddle at
the same time every day. If it doesn't, they're going to cancel their
subscriptions.
In high-tech, though, things rarely ship on time or within spec. One would
think that this would make things easier, but it doesn't.
-- Robert
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Robert Plamondon * High-Tech Technical Writing
36475 Norton Creek Road * Blodgett OR 97326
541-453-5841 * Fax: 541-453-4139 mailto:robert -at- plamondon -dot- com * http://www.pioneer.net/~robertp
