[FM Discuss] Tech writers and FLOSS (was Re: DocTrain Report)

[adam hyde]

On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 23:25 -0600, Janet Swisher wrote:

> And, fiction or no, a fairly common reaction I've gotten when talking
> to tech writers about open source is "I do that all day -- why would I
> want to do it in my spare time?" The kind of passion that seems to
> drive open source programmers seems much less common among tech
> writers.
> 

but is that because they are not interested, or because there hasnt been
many opportunities to use their technical writing skills outside of
their vocation to write and :
* meet peers
* help others learn writing
* get satisfaction through helping interesting projects
* contribute to a non-monetarised ideology
* raise their profile within another writing peer group
* be part of a community


...

adam




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