The funny thing about all this is that the main criticism of PG's argument is that it is condescending and belittles the huge mass of programmers working for bi

The funny thing about all this is that the main criticism of PG's argument is that it is condescending and belittles the huge mass of programmers working for big companies. As with much criticism, it never quite attempts to prove him wrong. Proving that he's offensive is a very different thing.