April 2, 2013
10:02 p.m.
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>:
extremely unlikely event that we get an overwhelming outpouring of ... And, once we've reverted it, *then* we refuse to change it, unless there's an overwhelming amount of evidence that circumstances have changed and the correct choice of abbreviations is now different.
Sounds good to me! --jhawk@mit.edu John Hawkinson
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!