[entha_saava]

> Actually, the more experience I get, the more I think Joel was wrong.

There is no black and white in software. Joel writes from a viewpoint that's not always applicable to all of us.

[hn_throwaway_99]

> There is no black and white in software.

That is my whole point. The title of the blog post is "Things You Should Never Do", and it highlights "They did it by making the single worst strategic mistake that any software company can make." (emphasis Joel's).

Doing a rewrite may be a horrible mistake, but Joel was just wrong advising no company should ever do it. Lots of companies have done that, quite successfully.