There is a danger here of a rift: what we don't want is separate movements... What we want is a reunification. What we really want is a return to the values that started this whole thing
Which is a criticism. Granted, it is a harder critic on the Agile movement than on the Software Craftsmanship (it essentially means that Agile forgot the Software Craftsmanship along the way, and it needs it back).
Which seems to me like a bit of a dated discussion, as those pushing Agile[2,3,4] to the next Level are well aware of this issue, and are not falling pray to it.
[1] http://cleancoder.posterous.com/stub6-restoring-the-trust
[3] http://www.slideshare.net/HackerChick/lean-startup-how-devel...
[4] http://agile.dzone.com/news/10-years-later-what%E2%80%99s-ne...
My opinion is that even though he is right, the second movement is great to make people reflect and realize that we Craftsmanship is an integral part of Agile.
I am not saying that his critique is bad: we are only here because of lack of critiques, and a thoughtful application of Agile[1]
[1] http://agilefocus.com/2011/02/21/agiles-second-chasm-and-how...
Uncle Bob[2] is, among many other things, the creator of fitnesse[3].
Interesting enough, he is a bit critical of the Software Craftmanship movement[4,5], which is sponsoring this code retreat.
[1] http://vimeo.com/7762511
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Bob
[3] https://github.com/unclebob/fitnesse
[4] http://cleancoder.posterous.com/stub6-restoring-the-trust
[5] http://cleancoder.posterous.com/software-craftsmanship-thing...