Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:26:03 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Gary Geisbert <geisbert@code1200.nrl.navy.mil>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD - a.k.a. - Microsoft Business Software Division Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011120141856.04aa2150@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20011120100226.4706ff14.geisbert@code1200.nrl.navy.mil>
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At 08:02 AM 11/20/2001, Gary Geisbert wrote: >Here's an article on the Cyclone programming language, and how they >referred to BSD as "Microsoft Business Software Division". Let's give a >big round of applause for ntsecurity.net > >http://www.ntsecurity.net/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=23262 A typical case of irresponsible copy editing. As an author, I see this happen all the time. A copy editor will take it upon him or herself to expand acronyms incorrectly or inappropriately, modify the word ordering of commonly used technical terms, "correct" the grammar of technical idioms, or remove the passive voice (even when it was used intentionally for emphasis or to present concepts in a particular order). Many copy editors seem to feel that if they do not make such arbitrary changes, they are not doing their jobs! But the result is, virtually always, to make the author look foolish or at best unknowledgeable. A small number of responsible publications send proofs back to the author so that he or she can fix these gaffes, but the majority (alas) do not. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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