Re: [Hampshire] HP servers and Debian

I've got to be honest, I thought it was a typo! Learned something new
today.

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On 16 August 2010 18:30, Sean Gibbins <sean@???> wrote:

> On 16/08/10 18:36, Keith Edmunds wrote:
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>> On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:06:03 +0100, sanelson@??? said:
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>>> and as mdraid is mature and performant
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>> Pretty please: let's avoid using made up words ("performant").
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> And why not Keith?
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> Language is dynamic with all words being made up at some point, after all.
> Many change their meaning over the decades and centuries, evolve from other
> languages (or slang), and eventually slip away through obsolescence.
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> And, I'm guessing pretty much everyone reading 'performant' in this context
> knows what it means, so it serves a purpose.
>
> Sean
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