November 8, 2004

Think!

Laurent notes that he appreciates the following quote:

A bad, naive instance of the other guy's way of doing things always looks worse than a refined, thoughtful instance of your way of doing things.
He found it in a thread within SHAPE, a forum provided by Gerry Weinberg.

I agree. There are so many opinions in the world of software development, so much hype from salesman selling snake oil (dressed up as the latest new thing), much of it unsubstantiated. I certaintly advocate thinking for yourself, before jumping on any particular bandwagon, be it Web Services, JSF, .NET, Spring or anything else being proposed as a good solution.

But don't take my word for it! What do you think?

Posted to Software Development by Keith Pitty
Comments

Now tell me Keith, did you invest in that sexy Mac of yours because you had personally substantiated the claims that were made if it? Did the mystique of owning a Mac play no part in your thinking? Were you not seduced by the creamy whiteness of the hallowed uber-gadget?

Posted by: David Pinn at November 8, 2004 10:54 PM

reminds me of my favourite bit of graffitti I used to see each morning (somewhere between Redfern station and Sydney Uni).
Someone had written in big bold letters
"Question what you are told!"

Underneath someone else then added
"Why?"

Posted by: Mark Ziebell at November 12, 2004 10:09 AM