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Subject:Re: IBM Style Guide is no longer available online From:Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM> To:Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:03:13 +1100
On Feb 16, 2010 4:26PM, Stuart Burnfield wrote:
>
> It's a good style guide, but there's nothing in there that's especially applicable to web applications. I strongly recommend the following publications:
>
> Read Me First: A Style Guide for the Computer Industry,
> By Sun Technical Publications (and edited stylishly by Techwr-l's own Janice Gelb)
>
Thanks for the compliment! It was a team
effort (she said modestly) but I was the
team lead and did write the main appendix
so I'll accept it anyway :->
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