Talk:Ninety–ninety rule
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Shouldn't this say the first 90% takes 10% of time, the remaining 10% takes 90% of time? Or are we saying a program takes 180% of predicted time to write? --rmhermen
- The quote is accurate, which is what we are reporting here :-). Pete 00:42, 19 Sep 2003 (UTC)
- Someone has "fixed" the quote. I have added back the humorous version which is found in Murphy's law type compendiums. Ellsworth 00:09, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
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But the "180% of time" is the gag of the whole rule!!! It wants to make clear that people often make big mistakes while predicting the time needed for the implementation of the code. --Jochen
- Yes, you are exactly right. Looking at the history of the article, it is clear that an anonymous user (IP 83.149.32.48) made the mistake of thinking that the quote was a typo. He then made an edit on June 18, 2005 to correct the "typo". (And ironically his edit summary had a typo.) But if you look at the actual source of the Tom Cargill's quote, you will see that the "180% time" variation is indeed Cargill's original version, not some variant. Vocaro 07:13, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- I have edited the page so that Cargill's original quote appears properly. Vocaro 07:47, 6 September 2006 (UTC)