Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] Programming Book, for Open Source.

[invisible ink <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Benno:

> > Joel on Software had an interesting review of that book:
> >
> >   http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Biculturalism.html
> 
> Choice quotes:
> 
> """
> The very fact that the Unix world is so full of self-righteous
> cultural superiority, "advocacy," and slashdot-karma-whoring
> sectarianism while the Windows world is more practical ("yeah,
> whatever, I just need to make a living here") stems from a culture
> that feels itself under siege, unable to break out of the server
> closet and hobbyist market and onto the mainstream desktop.
> """

Yeah, well, no one would ever accuse *Joel* of being quasi-religious in his
criticism of *nix / FOSS. Blogland has some nice, "gee, these guys are
almost as bad as each other" reviews. There's lots of cultural mistakes and
omissions in both TAOUP and Joel's article.

  http://sourcefrog.net/weblog/books/taoup/spolsky.html

  http://frungy.org/~tpot/weblog/2003/12/16#spolsky

etc. Some people consider Joel to be the "tellin' it like it is" Oprah-like
figure of the software development community. I'm wary/weary of both
writers. :-)

- ii

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