http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2009/02/elements-in-todays-release-notes/ Technical Communication and Other Writing Topics, by Ben Minson Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:05:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2009/02/elements-in-todays-release-notes/#comment-230 mike Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:02:57 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=305#comment-230 I haven't read Tom et. al discussion about release notes, but your post brought a smile to my face. I worked for a fantastic software company in the mid-90s. I asked once about release notes -- if and how we planned to use them with each production release. The lead programmer said, "Oh, we already do that. It's the ReadMe file that gets distributed with the executable." I asked him who typically installs the software at the client sites. He said, "We do. The install is to complicated for clients, so we go to each site and do it." I didn't have to make the obvious statement. The look on his face and the rest of the development staff said it all. Thanks for allowing me that great memory from a really fun time in my career. I haven’t read Tom et. al discussion about release notes, but your post brought a smile to my face. I worked for a fantastic software company in the mid-90s. I asked once about release notes — if and how we planned to use them with each production release. The lead programmer said, “Oh, we already do that. It’s the ReadMe file that gets distributed with the executable.” I asked him who typically installs the software at the client sites. He said, “We do. The install is to complicated for clients, so we go to each site and do it.” I didn’t have to make the obvious statement. The look on his face and the rest of the development staff said it all. Thanks for allowing me that great memory from a really fun time in my career.

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