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Good Resource: Joel On Software Forums

10 points by utnick 18y ago

utnick 18y ago
Maybe everyone already knows about this.. but this is a really good forum on building and selling software. Just discovered it today.
bdfh42 18y ago
This is a good forum for micro ISVs in particular. Good place for general questions as well - it has a pretty experienced group of users supporting it.
wallflower 18y ago
For some reason, I like how the forum UI isn't the boring-phpBB navy-and-blue boxes but just a linked list (pun intended)
tx 18y ago
Yep. An example of old, "non-cool" and "evil" technology (classic ASP) still at work, loading pages nearly instantly :-)
jeremytliles 18y ago
I've found the users there tend to be very helpful if you want a small group to take a look at your app/project at an early stage and give feedback. Just keep in mind that the demographic skews technical.
edw519 18y ago
Is is just me, or is .net the predominent technology there?
- hernan7 18y ago
  Yes it is, with a dash of ADO/ COM/ ASP/ OLE. I used to lurk in there for some time, and the forum seemed to be populated mostly by one-man micro-ISV's trying to sell shrink-wrapped Windows software packages.
  - edw519 18y ago
    That's what I thought. Ewww. The discussion over there seems really worthwhile, but for some reason, I just hate that technology. Shrink wrapped software packages doesn't sound too exciting either. I'm a one-man micro-ISV, but the 37signals model seems much more appealing to me.
Harkins 18y ago
One caveat: anyone caught discussing software quality on the JoS boards will be beaten to death with posts echoing "Quality and design and anything else that makes a programmer happy are evil unless they directly put money into my pocket!" Which may more or less be accurate, but is often presented in a shortsighted and oddly coder-negative way.
skmurphy 18y ago
It's primarily solo entrepreneurs who bring a bias against teams or growing larger than one person can manage. If you are a solo entrepreneur and want to learn how to be successful in that mode there is a lot of practical advice.

10 points by utnick 18y ago

Maybe everyone already knows about this.. but this is a really good forum on building and selling software. Just discovered it today.

bdfh42 18y ago

This is a good forum for micro ISVs in particular. Good place for general questions as well - it has a pretty experienced group of users supporting it.

wallflower 18y ago

For some reason, I like how the forum UI isn't the boring-phpBB navy-and-blue boxes but just a linked list (pun intended)

tx 18y ago

Yep. An example of old, "non-cool" and "evil" technology (classic ASP) still at work, loading pages nearly instantly :-)

jeremytliles 18y ago

I've found the users there tend to be very helpful if you want a small group to take a look at your app/project at an early stage and give feedback. Just keep in mind that the demographic skews technical.

edw519 18y ago

Is is just me, or is .net the predominent technology there?

hernan7 18y ago
Yes it is, with a dash of ADO/ COM/ ASP/ OLE. I used to lurk in there for some time, and the forum seemed to be populated mostly by one-man micro-ISV's trying to sell shrink-wrapped Windows software packages.
- edw519 18y ago
  That's what I thought. Ewww. The discussion over there seems really worthwhile, but for some reason, I just hate that technology. Shrink wrapped software packages doesn't sound too exciting either. I'm a one-man micro-ISV, but the 37signals model seems much more appealing to me.

Harkins 18y ago

One caveat: anyone caught discussing software quality on the JoS boards will be beaten to death with posts echoing "Quality and design and anything else that makes a programmer happy are evil unless they directly put money into my pocket!" Which may more or less be accurate, but is often presented in a shortsighted and oddly coder-negative way.

skmurphy 18y ago

It's primarily solo entrepreneurs who bring a bias against teams or growing larger than one person can manage. If you are a solo entrepreneur and want to learn how to be successful in that mode there is a lot of practical advice.