Re: Searching for a quote
On 3/12/2015 19:20, Jason Iannone wrote:
There was once a fairly common saying attributed to an early networking pioneer that went something like, "be generous in what you accept, and send only the stuff that should be sent." Does anyone know what I'm talking about or who said it?
Postel's Law: Be generous in what you accept; strict in what you send.* *From aging memory, but I think that is close. -- The unique Characteristics of System Administrators: The fact that they are infallible; and, The fact that they learn from their mistakes. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
On Mar 12, 2015, at 20:44 , Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net> wrote:
On 3/12/2015 19:20, Jason Iannone wrote:
There was once a fairly common saying attributed to an early networking pioneer that went something like, "be generous in what you accept, and send only the stuff that should be sent." Does anyone know what I'm talking about or who said it?
Postel's Law: Be generous in what you accept; strict in what you send.*
*From aging memory, but I think that is close.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others (often reworded as "Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what you accept"). -- TTFN, patrick
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