On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:06:43 -0600 Stuart Jansen <[email protected]> wrote:
> It doesn't come more authoritative than the creator of Postfix. > > http://irbs.net/internet/postfix/0211/0802.html Right. * A 2002 email authoritatively documents software running in 2011? * An email is more authoritative than an experiment designed to see how the software actually works? * An email is more authoritative than the source code? * And, as Corey correctly points out, the email in question doesn't say what you seem to think it says. This is the informal fallacy called the argument from authority, which (as Aquinas pointed out [for those amenable to the argument from authority]) is the weakest of them all. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
