Microsoft's mythical man-years

Mon May 17 11:29:54 PDT 2004

Scribbling feverishly on April 13, Net Llama! managed to emit:
> Really good reading:
> http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2002/04/12/microsoft_man_months/index.html?CP=RDF&#38;DN=310

Indeed. Whatever else one might say about Fred Brooks, his key
insight, throwing more developers at a project doesn't help it.
My favorite quote from the article: "Fielding says that Lipner's
'more man-years' claim is 'absolute crap.'"

K
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