Of great help was the thick manual that came with the software, which established a new standard for software documentation.

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This information is subject to change, and software implemented according to this document should be tested with final operating system software and final documentation.

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True Agilists value individuals and interactions over processes and tools, working software over comprehensive documentation, customer collaboration over contract negotiation, responding to change over following a plan.

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Consumers often care about backward compatibility as well, but it is even more important for businesses since they typically have made much bigger investments in related software, documents, documentation, training, and so on.

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Workers here are writing code to specifications, creating documentation, or testing software.

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Trade secrets also protects software source code and sometimes other aspects of software, such as proprietary limited-distribution documentation.

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In addition to its newest products, Hillcrest continues to offer several Freespace Reference Kits (FSRKs) to give product designers and software developers all the components, tools, and documentation needed to rapidly prototype motion control devices.

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That's why following Smith into the hearing are a cluster of six technology firms to defend the documentation as "useful and helpful" in creating software that can jive with Microsoft's products.

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Further, IBM announced a deal with open source company Red Hat Software to develop Linux in emerging markets by offering a combination of Red Hat Linux and supporting documentation, and IBM's new Linux skill-building tutorials on its site.

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