> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:43:36 -0500
> From: "Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> (Anyone got a good quote for tomorrow?)
Well, Henry Spencer observed, "Those who do not understand UNIX are
condemned to re-invent it, poorly." But it might give the wrong
impression about SRW if we use the same quote about Z39.50 :-)
How about:
"Beware: this [specification] has not been tested, only proved
correct."
-- Donald Knuth.
"I can't believe I wrote this."
-- Henry Spencer, in the documentation for "awf", an
awk implementation of nroff.
"The wonderful thing about standards is that there are
so many to choose from."
-- attributed to Grace Murray Hopper.
"As many of the original developers of Dublin Core were
Americans, various parochial national standards were
referenced. This will hopefully get fixed with the belated
discovery of the rest of the planet."
-- unattributed, sadly.
"I have travelled the length and breadth of this
country and talked with the best people, and I can
assure you that data processing is a fad and won't
last out the year."
-- Editor of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.
"The truth is out there ... But it ain't in the documentation."
-- Woody Leonhard.
Or maybe the most appropriate would be:
"Please use it, if you find it helpful. We love
credit but don't want to have anything to do with
blame."
-- the one and only Ralph LeVan.
Isn't this _fun_?!
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