> I think it’s rather disingenuous and quite arrogant to make generalizations about the types of people who work at big companies (without even knowing what the

> I think it’s rather disingenuous and quite arrogant to make generalizations about the types of people who work at big companies (without even knowing what they do or having ever met them). I get where you're coming from, with your reply as a whole and not just this snippet, but I think it's worth pointing out that Joel did work at Microsoft for quite a few years during its historically ascendent and dominant period in the 90s so I think he has at least some idea about the types of people that work at big companies. If you want to talk about things that haven't aged well, SOAP would be right up there - you may not remember all the fanfare surrounding it, but I certainly do, and where exactly is it now? I know it's still used in some legacy contexts. I've even seen SOAP responses within the last 5 - 7 years, but it's basically dead (or at least stagnated) tech that isn't used for newer projects and systems, and certainly isn't something we'd even consider using.