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On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Christian Weisgerber wrote:

> It turns out that writing reviews that meet the expectation of
> expert readers is incredibly difficult.  In fact, I suggest that
> some of the people who keep lambasting reviews try writing some
> themselves.  For bonus, about an operating system you're only
> semi-familiar with.

When writing a review, make a list of topics, features and tasks ahead of
time that you want to check and document that. The review should be clear
to explain what the initial goals were.

I have written several reviews. And I have received negative and abusive
feedback also.  There's always someone who can find fault even if you try
to do an honest, thorough and good job.

 Jeremy C. Reed

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