Comments on: Neil Bartlett: “StatSVN helps startups get funded”

By: Maggi

Maggi — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:21:49 +0000

Okay, okay. Forget about the XP part of the comment – just a brain fart because I think a lot about XP these days. Maybe the LOC measure is useful when you have nothing substantial to show.

By: Richard Cyganiak

Richard Cyganiak — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:41:04 +0000

Maggi: The answer is in Neil's original post—he referred to projects where the work-in-progress doesn't make for useful demos.

Not sure what XP has to do with this.

By: Maggi

Maggi — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:22:36 +0000

“You need to produce the goods sooner or later.” Then why not show the produced goods instead of some code statistics? I thought that was one of the XP ideas.

By: Neil Bartlett

Neil Bartlett — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:27:06 +0000

Well said Richard.

Of course you can fake your stats, and that might fool some investors for a while, but it won't fool any customers. You need to produce the goods sooner or later. If you can't, and you lied to your investors... well, they know where you live and they know how to make your life very unpleasant.

By: Richard Cyganiak

Richard Cyganiak — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:00:32 +0000

Maggi, you can use graphs and charts to make a point, and you can use them for lying. Just as with words. Every form of communication can be used for deception. I don't see this as a problem of the software or method, I see it as a problem of the people who use it to deceive.