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I immediately found the quote "never take software advice from a bug tracking system salesman" an ad-hominem attack. It doesn't address at all why the advice w
by Luyt 16y ago
I immediately found the quote "never take software advice from a bug tracking system salesman" an ad-hominem attack. It doesn't address at all why the advice would be bad.
- mhp 16y agoI imagine he's trying to suggest it is in Joel's best interest for people to have buggy code so he can sell more bug tracking software. It doesn't sound like a very good argument, but I think it's supposed to be a joke.
- mhinze 16y agoyes, it is a joke. and a teeny-tiny bite of prophecy. and, by the way, the tweet is correct, i had said it before. http://twitter.com/mhinze/status/2485789965 http://twitter.com/mhinze/status/2485789965 - months before this brouhaha.
- talvisota 16y agoIt is not an attack towards person. It simply points that a guy selling bug tracking system makes his living from people having bugs in their software.