last updated:04 Sep 2004 18:09 UK time JOS Statistics - Top 100 Monthly Items Jun 2002 | May 2002 | Apr 2002    Number Of Comments Another MS Office killer?   62 Software License Management ...   60 XP is wearing no clothes   57 Aircraft falling from the sky ...   43 too critical of MS?   43 Reinventing a Mainframe Programmer   38 How to spot a bad company ...   38 exit strategies   36 should I quit?   33 Going about publishing articles.   29 What would you choose ? Big Company or Startup ??!   29 private office   29 The Importance of Editors...   28 Pair Programming vs Private Offices   28 Code Reviews (Methodologies, sort of)   26 eXtreme, life-altering pair programming   26 Who owns consultants code?   26 How often do you delete code?   25 Outsourcing Development Overseas   25 VB faster than C++??   25 Threading/Concurrent Programming   24 What websites do you check regularly?   24 Eckel is thinking in C# now ..   24 .NET *is* Java   24 www.joelonlife.com??   23 MS Too Big   23 Ant and Make - Why did Ant win?   23 Software Metrics and Programmer Productivity   22 Why managers cant allow telecommute or PT schedule   22 What on earth does a unit test do?   22 Writing skills   21 XP and Bug Databases (from Five Worlds article)   21 What do you use for version control?   20 Good software engineering website   20 Becoming a developer 4 years late   19 The bad thing about .NET is...   19 PHP + MySql   19 Decepion by Joel   19 consulting company (body-shop) rant   18 Migrating from Excel to Access   16 application platform?   16 Businesses WANT to pay for softawre   16 Choice of language   15 Irrational client behavior -- another example   14 updated topics first   14 UML where to start?   14 .Net without change the fonts for diferents DB's   14 C faster than C++ Myth   14 Syntactic similarity of languages   14 MS EULA: JAVA TECHNOLOGY IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT   13 best looking software pundit?   13 Usability guru designing a nightclub   12 reply to "updated topics first"   12 RealNames   12 Stallman, Baby...   12 The world is complicated ...   12 Weird client behaviour? (Long post)   11 "PeopleWare"   11 Project Management Software   11 The advantages of Methodology   11 "tough luck" for ISVs ...   11 [Q] Bitkeeper vs. other SCS systems?   10 How to protect web-based app?   10 how can "new.net" install without asking?   10 modelling tools   10 Bug tracking internal software   9 Moving between the 5 worlds   9 does fog creek charge by the hour or project?   9 World's Worst Misinterpretation of The Mythical Ma   9 Tracking use of options to improve software   8 extreme self help?   8 MS Word .doc word counting   8 .net, ASP.net, VB.Net?   7 Visual Basic vs. Visual Basic.Net   7 Project Management Software   7 The funniest thing about RealNames   7 another missed world   7 Patronage in software development   6 GUI and OOP   6 "Polish Windows" bugs...   6 cool production code   6 Five Worlds, Embedded Software   6 Shrink-wrap Development   6 Source code dependency analysis?   6 what is a superstar programmer?   6 Requirements specs   5 How to plan a web app   5 Content Management   5 Documenting ASP/HTML Applications   5 Conflicting advice - what to do?   4 Bringing in Ed Yourdon   4 Five worlds and the industry   4 Religion and war make for a complicated world...   4 Where do you go to find your development tools?   4 Marketing Software Consulting   3 Project Management using UML/Data Modeling   3 the new economy and pair programming   3 Bootstrapping a project   3 Son of Discussion Etiquette   3 Cutter Summit   3 This chart contains items that have been commented on in this month. Items that have not been commented on yet will not appear.