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The same can be said, and was originally coined, about standards.
by michaelcampbell 16y ago
The same can be said, and was originally coined, about standards.
- gaius 16y agoIndeed, but the comment I replied to said "spec" so I adapted it.
- winestock 16y agoThe Unix Hater's Handbook attributes that quote to Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, but without citing the source. Wikiquote cites others as having said it, including Andrew Tanenbaum, Patricia Seybold, and Ken Olsen. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
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- SimHacker 16y agoHey it's mean to hate Unix! Cut it out! (Just joking. ;)
- michaelcampbell 16y agoI'm sure it was independently thought of by many people (me not included; I read it years and years ago...). Can't remember from whom, or if it was attributed at all. It has, to me, the feel of a Henry Spencer-ism.