Joel is saying what the lean-manufacturing inspired people have been saying for years. I think it is a mis-mapped metaphor. When you diligently draw the parall

Joel is saying what the lean-manufacturing inspired people have been saying for years. I think it is a mis-mapped metaphor. When you diligently draw the parallels between manufacturing and software development you end up with the notion that the whole of your code base is inventory: http://michaelfeathers.typepad.com/michael_feathers_blog/2011/05/the-carrying-cost-of-code-taking-lean-seriously.html http://michaelfeathers.typepad.com/michael_feathers_blog/201...