RE: MS Manual of Style, 3rd edition, is available - clarification

["Earl Cooley" <shiva -at- io -dot- com>]

Keith Cronin wrote: 
> 
> Jean wrote:
> 
>> Addendum and correction to my previous note. It's the third 
>> _version_, not edition, of the manual, which means it may be 
>> the latest, but it's not new. The file date in 1998. I'm now 
>> assuming it's the CHM that is distributed on the CD that came 
>> with the printed version of the second edition of the manual.
>...
>> Sorry about the misleading post yesterday. I should have taken 
>> the time to verify what was there, instead of just passing 
>> along a message from someone else.
> 
> 
> Hey, it's still terrific that you posted this, now that the 
> hardcopy version has become so hard to find. It's an industry 
> standard, and very useful for anybody documenting Windows-style 
> products.
> 
> And it's FREE?!? Wow - this must be part of some evil plot to 
> dominate the high-stakes world of technical style guides....<g>

It could also be willfully misinterpreted as evidence of a policy 
change by Microsoft in support of the Open Source movement. heh. 

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 e=sc^  (shiva -at- io -dot- com) Earl Cooley III (the "other" Earl) 


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