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Re: Searching for a quote


From: Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon () cox net>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:44:26 -0500

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


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