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Re: Searching for a quote
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 21:28:35 -0400
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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- Re: Searching for a quote Dave Crocker (Mar 15)
- Re: Searching for a quote Dave Taht (Mar 12)
- Re: Searching for a quote Dave Taht (Mar 12)
- Re: Searching for a quote Rich Kulawiec (Mar 12)
- Re: Searching for a quote Dave Taht (Mar 12)
- Re: Searching for a quote Tim Durack (Mar 12)
- Re: Searching for a quote Jason Iannone (Mar 12)
- Re: Searching for a quote Barney Wolff (Mar 12)
- Re: Searching for a quote Ted Cooper (Mar 12)
- Re: Searching for a quote Larry Sheldon (Mar 12)
- Re: Searching for a quote Patrick W. Gilmore (Mar 12)