Lack of Style Guide
Michael J. Totten reads the
Microsoft Manual of Style so you
don't have to:
While flipping through the book I noticed Taiwan, of all things, had its own entry. Taiwan, according to Microsoft…wait for it… belongs to China. Totalitarian propaganda has actually made its way into a style guide for user manual and Help file writers.
Anyone want to bet what the Encarta encyclopedia and dictionaries say?
Actually, I won't bet, because if I did, I'd have to use those "tools" as reference material if only to settle the bet.