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From: mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: IIgs Books
Keywords: Books, Tech notes
Message-ID: <27854@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 25 Mar 89 19:35:50 GMT
References: <8057@ihlpf.ATT.COM> <27851@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <27851@apple.Apple.COM> mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) writes:
>In article <8057@ihlpf.ATT.COM> bird@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Walters) writes:
>
>>[stuff chopped out] (Like the tech notes. They have always been good,
>>however, the latest version tops them all! Hats off to the tech
>>writers at Apple. A job *really* well done!)
>>
>If you think the technical writers at Apple write the tech notes, think again.
>Unlike the manuals, the names of the DTS folks who created the tech notes
>are given at the beginning of each note.
>
Not that DTS engineers are starving for attention, but the reason we now
put Developer Technical Support on the bottom of all the even pages of the
Tech Notes is to remind people where they come from and why they are updated
constantly, and especially to let people know that you don't have to be a
Partner or Associate to benefit from the work of the 30-40 people in this
department (DTS) who are here to help over 10,000 developers and at least
another 20,000 individuals who want to program Apple Computers.

Not to blame the publications people, but if Tech Notes had to go through
everything the manuals do, you'd be lucky to get them at all and I'd be
looking for another job. :-)
 
You should also know that Matt Deatherage is personally responsible for
rewriting (or hounding others to rewrite and review) every Apple II Note
which was released, and if it had been up to him they would have shipped
in August as the AIIDTS group had promised.


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