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 > "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others."((Jon Postel: //[[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc761|RFC 761: Transmission Control Protocol]]//)) > "Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others."((Jon Postel: //[[http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc761|RFC 761: Transmission Control Protocol]]//))
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   * Joel Spolsky: //[[http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000306.html|A Hard Drill Makes an Easy Battle]]//   * Joel Spolsky: //[[http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000306.html|A Hard Drill Makes an Easy Battle]]//
   * Eric S. Raymond: //[[http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html#id2878538|The Art of Unix Programming: Rule of Repair]]//   * Eric S. Raymond: //[[http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html#id2878538|The Art of Unix Programming: Rule of Repair]]//
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