Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753774Ab1EXSbg (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2011 14:31:36 -0400 Received: from mail-yi0-f46.google.com ([209.85.218.46]:48863 "EHLO mail-yi0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757001Ab1EXSbd convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 May 2011 14:31:33 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hYLKnc/p1XxLtoINYb6931e/DzAM0a4gOV5CGQXoGD08G6Addzq3cZpMvZaOJ+QDzY 5HqgwUSrBeiXiIpF0Duy+b3y/eoobMAOYxQ7XjUP9Wdhd5Fhzn/lGpRT6vLpPYzS8+vA n2jMpbtDhrPJmXmOq0gFia1acNXMagxN2OIXI= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20110524181619.GC26055@thunk.org> References: <20110524181619.GC26055@thunk.org> From: Michael Witten Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 18:31:02 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: UNIX Compatibility To: "Ted Ts'o" Cc: Richard Yao , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 945 Lines: 20 On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 18:16, Ted Ts'o wrote: > No one ever bothers to deal with issues because they are tiny, > nit-pitcky things that no one other than standards mavens would care > about.  You have to be someone who is extremely anal to really care > about this kind of stuff.  It's really stupid stuff... paper pushers... > > If you want to waste time out of your life that you'll never get back... > ... > ... standards committee, as full of ivory-tower eggheads as it is, > does have some folks who recognize that there is such a thing as > the Real World)... The world would be a better place if you weren't so needlessly confrontational when sharing your knoweldge, Ted. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/