RE: Jargon Lovin' Fool

Subject: RE: Jargon Lovin' Fool
From: Jim Shaeffer <jims -at- spsi -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:27:45 -0400

Also, the beloved Microsoft Manual of Style for
Tech Pubs says of 'boot':

Avoid in end-user documentation; instead use start,
restart, or switch on to refer to turning on the
machine. Acceptable in technical documentation.

Jim Shaeffer (jims -at- spsi -dot- com)

> -----Original Message-----
> Re,
> > I can think of no reason to write "start" instead of
> > "boot"
>
> IBM style.
>
> C. Crowley
>

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