Gene Kim-Eng wrote: >>A lot probably depends on who the service manual is written for....I've spent most of my careers as engineer and writer/manager in narrow niches of varying geekness. At the highest level my document set contained an entire separate volume called "Functional Description." About 50% of recipients loved it; the rest probably never removed the shrink wrap.<<
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