Original Message From: "John Cowan"
> Pete Cordell scripsit:
>
>> How about:
>> "A designer knows he has achieved something right when everybody
>> complains he has done something wrong!"
>
> Unless the complaints are all the same. The IBM PCjr chiclet keyboard
> really did suck, just like everyone said it did. It's when some are
> saying "Too much!" and others "Not enough!" that you know you've hit on
> the perfect compromise.
I was thinking more along the lines of if nobody complains, then nobody
cares. I don't think many complain about X.400 these days.
Pete Cordell
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Cowan" <>
To: "Pete Cordell" <>
Cc: <>; <>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] RE: Encoding charset of HTTP Basic Authentication
> Pete Cordell scripsit:
>
>> How about:
>> "A designer knows he has achieved something right when everybody
>> complains he has done something wrong!"
>
> Unless the complaints are all the same. The IBM PCjr chiclet keyboard
> really did suck, just like everyone said it did. It's when some are
> saying "Too much!" and others "Not enough!" that you know you've hit on
> the perfect compromise.
>
> --
> John Cowan <> http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
> Charles li reis, nostre emperesdre magnes,
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