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A must-read: “Fire and Motion” by Joel Spolsky http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000339.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000339.h
by raganwald 15y ago
A must-read: “Fire and Motion” by Joel Spolsky
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000339.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000339.html
And a not-so-must-read: “Imagine if your house had Windows:”
http://raganwald.posterous.com/imagine-if-your-house-had-windows http://raganwald.posterous.com/imagine-if-your-house-had-win...
- xutopia 15y agoI think your post is easier to read than Joel's.
- raganwald 15y agoThanks! Joel’s essential point speaks to developers in the ecosystem, who have to keep up with OS upgrades while simultaneously competing with Microsoft. I was making a much simpler point about using the OS, so of course I had an easier task :-)
- alexholehouse 15y agoAgreed, really enjoyed your post. Quick heads up that your resume on your site seems to be down?
- wanorris 15y agoI can't help feeling that part of the difference is that, per Feynman, Apple builds MIT Cyclotrons while Windows, like Linux, is more like the Princeton Cyclotron. http://bit.ly/qUZnMP http://bit.ly/qUZnMP (directs to Google Books) Personally, I'm kind of fond of Princeton Cyclotrons.
- cooldeal 15y agoInteresting that Joel has chosen Microsoft's ASP.NET MVC as the platform for StackOverflow. I see companies hosting .NET 4 apps on Windows Server 2003 and running .NET 1.1 apps on Windows Server 2008 R2. Don't need to keep up with the upgrade treadmill if you don't want to.