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We could talk, act, and dress funny. We were excused for socially inappropriate behavior: 'Oh, he's a programmer'. It was all because we knew this technology stuff that other people found completely mystifying.

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People are looking for software development that actually does something useful... People are looking for partners who deliver when promised, and at a reasonable and transparent price. I believe that the days of being able to value price software are numbered.

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The marketing of XP is very deliberate and conscious. Part of it is in co-opting the power of the media; I make sure I'm newsworthy from time to time. Part is in co-opting some of my publisher's ad budget.

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If I'd had a charisma-ectomy in the beginning, XP would have gone nowhere.

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I found out that most programmers don't like to test their software as intensely as I do.

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Whether you draw diagrams that generate code or you type at a browser, you are coding.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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