On Mar 12, 2015, at 20:44 , Larry Sheldon <larryshel...@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
