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Subject:Re: AW: MS Manual of Style for Tech Pubs? From:Tom Murrell <trmurrell -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 6 Nov 2002 07:34:14 -0800 (PST)
--- eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com wrote:
>
> I would think there's an opportunity for the unemployed techwriters out there.
> Take the major style guides and produce one all encompassing one. Fill in the
> gaps between the different ones. Remove the marketing driven decisions from the
> Microsoft manual and add in the best material from the Apple and Sun guides.
>
> If anyone does it I want mention and royalties. ;-)
Eric, Eric, Eric. Many are the good ideas that die from want of the effort to
execute them. You do the work, and you'll get any royalties that derive from it. If
your way worked, we'd all get royalties for those books we'll write "some day." :-)
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Tom Murrell mailto:tmurrell -at- columbus -dot- rr -dot- com http://home.columbus.rr.com/murrell/index.html Last Updated 10/28/02
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