You’re about to see the mother of all flamewars on internet groups where web developers hang out. It’ll make the Battle of Stalingrad look like that time your sister-in-law stormed out of afternoon tea at your grandmother’s and wrapped the Mustang around a tree.This upcoming battle will be presided over by Dean Hachamovitch, the Microsoft veteran currently running the team that’s going to bring you the next version of Internet Explorer, 8.0. The IE 8 team is in the process of making a decision that lies perfectly, exactly, precisely on the fault line smack in the middle of two different ways of looking at the world. It’s the difference between conservatives and liberals, it’s the difference between “idealists†and “realists,†it’s a huge global jihad dividing members of the same family, engineers against computer scientists, and Lexuses vs. olive trees.
From: Martian Headsets – Joel on Software
Extremely funny & to the point piece! Great read! (& yes, we all know where I got this link :p Tnx Bart)
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