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Subject:The royal we From:"Merrell, K.W. (8-294-7813)" <kmerrell -at- VNET -dot- IBM -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 8 Dec 1993 09:01:57 PST
At my company, we used to say "IBM recommends..." but found it
to sound rather dictatorial. "We recommend..." is more friendly.
After all, a recommendation isn't a true requirement, even though
we hope the user follows our advice.
