linux-kernel - Re: UNIX Compatibility

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Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 06:18:28 +0200
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Michael Witten <mfwitten@...il.com>
Cc:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Richard Yao <ryao@...sunysb.edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: UNIX Compatibility

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 18:31 +0000, Michael Witten wrote:
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 18:16, Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu> 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.

Ivory-tower eggheads is common vernacular, a colorful and communicative
description of a mindset.  Ted's usage added useful information to the
conversation, unlike the pompous interjection above.

	-Mike


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