Comments on: Thoughts On Parenthood In The Software Industry http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/ Down To The Bone Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:45:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Tim McIntyre http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/#comment-3643 Thu, 04 May 2006 00:26:14 +0000 http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/#comment-3643 <p>To veer off on a tangent for a moment, I think the really interesting question that you've asked is, "is this an accurate metaphor?"</p> <p>No metaphor, by definition, can be completely accurate. The beauty of any metaphor is that, by definition, it has to break down somewhere. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a metaphor. :)</p> To veer off on a tangent for a moment, I think the really interesting question that you’ve asked is, “is this an accurate metaphor?”

No metaphor, by definition, can be completely accurate. The beauty of any metaphor is that, by definition, it has to break down somewhere. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be a metaphor. :)

]]> by: Jonas http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/#comment-3610 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:31:34 +0000 http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/#comment-3610 <p>I disagree, </p> <ol> <li><p>The father only plants half the idea.</p></li> <li><p>The father has no control over (or even visibility into) how the idea is developed.</p></li> <li><p>Unfortunately, way too often, noone knows who the father is, not even the mother...</p></li> </ol> <p>As you can see, the metaphore is inherently broken.</p> I disagree,

  1. The father only plants half the idea.

  2. The father has no control over (or even visibility into) how the idea is developed.

  3. Unfortunately, way too often, noone knows who the father is, not even the mother…

As you can see, the metaphore is inherently broken.

]]> by: Alex http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/#comment-3609 Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:58:21 +0000 http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/#comment-3609 <p>The father is the right term, as obviously someone else (a team usually) is needed to make the thing happen from the initial sparkling of the idea by the father.</p> The father is the right term, as obviously someone else (a team usually) is needed to make the thing happen from the initial sparkling of the idea by the father.

]]> by: Pascal http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/#comment-3607 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:41:22 +0000 http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/#comment-3607 <p>According to your definitions I would in fact put both terms to use: the father being the main initiator and the mother being the team implementing the vision. In Eclipse terms, that woumd be: the PMC and the committers.</p> According to your definitions I would in fact put both terms to use: the father being the main initiator and the mother being the team implementing the vision. In Eclipse terms, that woumd be: the PMC and the committers.

]]> by: Kevin Ward http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/#comment-3606 Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:38:15 +0000 http://jonasboner.com/2006/04/18/thoughts-on-parenthood-in-the-software-industry/#comment-3606 <p>How about "The Progenitor of..."?</p> How about “The Progenitor of…”?

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