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Gordon R. Meyer
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The price of free documentation
Lauren Weinstein, a privacy and Internet advocate, writes a provocative essay about the decline of newspapers in the Internet age. But the essay is also about how advertiser-supported content is at risk, which is where it most obviously intersects with the interests of technical writers. As fourth-party documentation sites continue to appear, is their revenue model any more secure than that of newspapers?
See also Fourth-party Documentation and Additional Developments in Fourth-Party Publications.
Posted: April 12, 2009 link to this item, respond to this item