On Apr 2, 2013, at 3:02 PM, John Hawkinson <jhawk@mit.edu> wrote:
Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> wrote on Tue, 2 Apr 2013 at 14:25:01 -0700 in <CCB6D0C8-8237-41F6-B86B-9BF3B7388D92@alum.mit.edu>:
If it turns out that there's going to be a pile of screaming no matter *what* abbreviations are chosen, my inclination would be to replace all controversial abbreviations with the abbreviation for "Standard Time For Users".
sacrificing the moral high ground, you have, sir!
If you're in a situation where, no matter what you do, there will be somebody passionately arguing against it, there's no moral high ground to be had, so, once you've made your decision, all you can do is stuff cotton in your ears and ignore the complaints. Hopefully, that won't happen here.