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	Quote: Perfect Is the Enemy of God

hyorinmaru

5-17-2008 4:45 PM

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5-17-2008 6:02 PM

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    <H3 class="title"><A title="Quote: Perfect Is the Enemy Of Good" href="http://kerneltrap.org/Quote/Perfect_Is_the_Enemy_Of_Good" linkindex="74" set="yes">Quote: Perfect Is the Enemy Of Good</A></H3>
<DIV class="date">May 16, 2008 - 10:00am</DIV>
<DIV class="author">Submitted by <A title="View user profile." href="http://kerneltrap.org/user/1" linkindex="75">Jeremy</A> on May 16, 2008 - 10:00am.</DIV>
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  <P>"You really need to realize that reality is messy, and things cannot be pefect.  You also need to realize and *understand* that aiming for 'good' is actually much BETTER than trying to aim for 'perfect'. Perfect is the enemy of good."</p> </DIV>
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  <P>— Linus Torvalds, in a <A href="http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/5/2/1697774" linkindex="76">May 2nd, 2008 message</A> on the Linux kernel mailing list.</p> </DIV>
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