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I immediately found the quote "never take software advice from a bug tracking system salesman" an ad-hominem attack. It doesn't address at all why the advice would be bad.

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I imagine he's trying to suggest it is in Joel's best interest for people to have buggy code so he can sell more bug tracking software. It doesn't sound like a very good argument, but I think it's supposed to be a joke.

yes, it is a joke. and a teeny-tiny bite of prophecy.

and, by the way, the tweet is correct, i had said it before. http://twitter.com/mhinze/status/2485789965 - months before this brouhaha.

It is not an attack towards person. It simply points that a guy selling bug tracking system makes his living from people having bugs in their software.

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