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		nunez on July 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SUSE is forking RHEL Because most devs hate writing and maintaining documentation. Simple as that.

kriberg on July 11, 2023 [–]

Since we're generalizing: most devs aren't great at writing documentation either.

Technical writing is a field of its own and it's important to recognize that. We could ever be so lucky if such writers were as attracted to free software as some developers are.

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