[chrisseaton]

> At least "waterfall" never existed

The waterfall paper criticised a process that did exist and still does exist in some companies - it didn’t make it up.

[coldcode]

But people dragged the diagram out of the paper to create the idea that waterfall was a good thing. Boyce actually made fun of the idea.

[chrisseaton]

Yes I know - but the point is it did exist. What were they naming and making fun of if it didn't even exist?