On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Dmitrij D. Czarkoff <czark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Janne Johansson said:
>> There is quite a bit of difference between changing the storage format and
>> making some dates "impossible" that previously did work.
>
> Don't think so.  Something got changed, things got broken and need to be
> fixed.  The only real question is: is the change worth the trouble.  I
> think it is, although unanimous negative reaction hints that I am
> probably missing something important.

Hmm. What would you suggest doing with the following file name?

/etc

(You may need a Japanese font to display it.)

If you try to normalize it on a *nix box, it will hopefully conflict
with your system file permissions. But, then what do you do with it?

If you throw it away because it's non-normal, and it happens to have
the parts of the new marketing plan that didn't fit under some other
category, will the boss be okay with that?

Maybe your company has a set of normalization rules that works okay
for your company. Maybe my company doesn't work well with those rules.
That's the problem.

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Joel Rees

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Look first in your own heart,
and ask yourself if you are not your own worst enemy.
Arm yourself with knowledge of yourself, as well.

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