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Date:      Mon, 19 Mar 2001 10:32:01 -0800
From:      David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: documentation issues generally
Message-ID:  <3AB650A1.F85EB64D@acuson.com>
References:  <15026.58943.554108.688513@guru.mired.org>

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Mike Meyer wrote:

> This is a base canard. Just because someone is most familiar with a
> bag of bits does *not* mean they are the ones who should be explaining
> it to others, or the ones who are best able to do so. Otherwise, you'd
> argue that Einstein should have taught froshling physics.

Let me rephrase slightly. The developer should be the one *responsible*
for the documentation. He might not be the one actually writing it, but
if he isn't he should be tapping someone to do the work.

Otherwise you end up with software with no documentation, an all too
frequent occurance.

No, Einstein shouldn't be teaching the freshmen, but he should be
teaching someone or his knowledge is going to waste.

David

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