Joel's essays are just that. Essays. He continues to ignore any and all research in the area and pretends to know what he's doing. If I wanted a bunch of misinformed opinions I could just ask non-programmers.
Research would be great. Would you be so good as to recommend a peer-reviewed study of the efficacy of Bill Gates' management technique?
Meanwhile, anecdotes may be anecdotal but they're still more enjoyable than flamage.
So point out a couple for things where he is wrong, according to research? That would actually be interesting. Also, Joel does quote research results in his essays.
I find telling you to SHUT THE FUCK UP a lot of fun.