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Re:Spolsky: Does Slow Growth Equal Slow Death? by chrisbroadfoot on Tuesday November 03, 2009 @11:22PM (#920995)
More specifically, the competing product he's referring to is probably Atlassian's JIRA (bug tracking software).

I for one thought that Joel sounded a bit sour and jealous. Is it that Fog Creek is losing its "market leadership position"? (was Fog Creek ever a market leader?)

Re:Spolsky: Does Slow Growth Equal Slow Death? by pchristensen on Wednesday November 04, 2009 @10:40AM (#921838)
I wouldn't say jealous, more like disoriented to realize that his business hypothesis might be invalid. He designed his company to be a high quality competitor among many, but now he's got to face a category killer which requires very different tactics. A core part of his business has to change to something he doesn't necessarily want.