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Searching for a quote
- Subject: Searching for a quote
- From: larrysheldon at cox.net (Larry Sheldon)
- Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 19:44:26 -0500
- In-reply-to: <2oQE1q0011cZc5601oQF3n>
- References: <2oQE1q0011cZc5601oQF3n>
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.
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