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OpenOffice to LibreOffice to OnlyOffice... Does Microsoft still have 95% market share? Put your wood behind 1 arrow. https://english.stackexchange.com/questi

OpenOffice to LibreOffice to OnlyOffice... Does Microsoft still have 95% market share? Put your wood behind 1 arrow. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/35197/meaning-of-more-wood-behind-fewer-arrows https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/35197/meaning-of...

Nbox9 6y ago
I dug into the phrase “Put your wood behind 1 arrow” and found a type of culture I want nothing to do with. This quote is just dripping with toxic masculinity. The argument literally boils down to “Iterative development (agile development) isn’t manly.” My personal masculinity doesn’t need to be reinforced by my choice of software development practices. > Face it, iterative development is for people who don't know what they want, who don't believe in themselves enough to trust their own specifications. They don't know their requirements, they don't know where their projects are going to end. No wonder they're afraid of the waterfall method--that takes a little confidence. Here's an analogy. You go out deer hunting. You take your bow and arrow, but do you need a map and a compass? Hardly, not if you are a real man! You take direction from the sun, go east for 3 days, and then shoot your bear. Sure, you meant to shoot a deer, but nobody can call you a coward for shooting a bear, right? And notice I said bow and ARROW, no "s." That's right. Real men bring only one arrow. They know how to aim (and they remember to take plenty of time when aiming), and they put all the wood behind that one arrow. Only sissies bring extra arrows for--what?--in case they "miss?" Real men don't know the meaning of the word. This is the way our fathers did it, and our fathers before them, and if it was good enough for them, it should be good enough for us. http://www.waterfall2006.com/kroll.html http://www.waterfall2006.com/kroll.html
- swsieber 6y ago
  Per the stack overflow comments, that post was an April fool's post.
  - chris_wot 6y ago
    It’s a stupid idea anyway. Firstly, no hunter only grinds one arrow. Secondly, it’s a saying my a Sun Microsystems executive. And we all know how well that went.
- irrational 6y ago
  To be honest, I didn’t follow the link, but that quote sounds totally tongue in cheek. Maybe the author is serious, but it reads more like an article from The Onion.
- deleted 6y ago
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- freemint 6y ago
  While your interpretation of the phrase is interesting i think there is something as to much interpretation. Reimplementation of existing software (what all those projects aim for) doesn't work that well with an iterative process. It might be one of the things where a waterfall like approach is appropriate. The requirements literally don't change. So it doesn't make sense to maintain 3 different waterfalls (or a 4th if you count Apaches efforts) and people working together (not that manly) would have a better chance catching up the monolith that get's copied. I find the saying on point.

Nbox9 6y ago

I dug into the phrase “Put your wood behind 1 arrow” and found a type of culture I want nothing to do with. This quote is just dripping with toxic masculinity. The argument literally boils down to “Iterative development (agile development) isn’t manly.” My personal masculinity doesn’t need to be reinforced by my choice of software development practices. > Face it, iterative development is for people who don't know what they want, who don't believe in themselves enough to trust their own specifications. They don't know their requirements, they don't know where their projects are going to end. No wonder they're afraid of the waterfall method--that takes a little confidence. Here's an analogy. You go out deer hunting. You take your bow and arrow, but do you need a map and a compass? Hardly, not if you are a real man! You take direction from the sun, go east for 3 days, and then shoot your bear. Sure, you meant to shoot a deer, but nobody can call you a coward for shooting a bear, right? And notice I said bow and ARROW, no "s." That's right. Real men bring only one arrow. They know how to aim (and they remember to take plenty of time when aiming), and they put all the wood behind that one arrow. Only sissies bring extra arrows for--what?--in case they "miss?" Real men don't know the meaning of the word. This is the way our fathers did it, and our fathers before them, and if it was good enough for them, it should be good enough for us. http://www.waterfall2006.com/kroll.html http://www.waterfall2006.com/kroll.html

swsieber 6y ago
Per the stack overflow comments, that post was an April fool's post.
- chris_wot 6y ago
  It’s a stupid idea anyway. Firstly, no hunter only grinds one arrow. Secondly, it’s a saying my a Sun Microsystems executive. And we all know how well that went.
irrational 6y ago
To be honest, I didn’t follow the link, but that quote sounds totally tongue in cheek. Maybe the author is serious, but it reads more like an article from The Onion.
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freemint 6y ago
While your interpretation of the phrase is interesting i think there is something as to much interpretation. Reimplementation of existing software (what all those projects aim for) doesn't work that well with an iterative process. It might be one of the things where a waterfall like approach is appropriate. The requirements literally don't change. So it doesn't make sense to maintain 3 different waterfalls (or a 4th if you count Apaches efforts) and people working together (not that manly) would have a better chance catching up the monolith that get's copied. I find the saying on point.