Eric A. Hall wrote:
On 8/5/2005 5:19 AM, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
While the availability and stability of the IETF infrastructure is
important, an engineering organization which declines to "eat its own
dog food" sends a message about its suitability for widespread
deployment.
The phrase is an anecdotal reference, where the executives of a dog food
company said they knew the product tasted good because they tried it
themselves. It's a good analogy.
Getting hung up on the "dog food" part of the analogy misses the whole
point of the anecdote.
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Great analogy, but one point to note, executives really do have a
tasting party
with a sample of the dog food, from each shift.
I did a project with M&M Mars Inc., who own and operate Kal Kan.
Apparently, the product must be edible by humans, as what other thing
than
a dog is down there on the floor... and likes to eat ?
Answer: Babies.
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(not wanting to detract from the point.....)
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