Hi Everyone:

Alan mcclellan wrote:
> 
Note, unless I missed it, I did not see any rules
in the style guide against using first-person pronoun (I). That is often 
a rule in more
formal technical documentation that depersonalizes the communication.

In the Sun Editorial Style Guide, those of us who write product 
documentation are told to write in the second person. For example, "You 
can do this, you lucky sysadmin." That might not be a requirement in the 
OpenSolaris Style Guide.

Interestingly enough, I've had more than one Sun engineer correct my 
writing by crossing out, or complaining about that "you," and insisting 
that I change it to "the system administrator" -- third person.

I personally don't like the use of "I"in technical documentation because 
it sounds like opinion. Someone else's opinion might be different and 
just as valid. First person is more than appropriate for blogs and 
signed articles. And that's my opinion.

- Steff

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