Some people have called the book the "bible of software engineering". I would agree with that in one respect: that is, everybody quotes it, some people read it, and a few people go by it.

— Fred Brooks, Quoted Often, Followed Rarely (2005)

Source: http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/12/12/8363107/index.htm

Quoted in an article about the 1975 book.

Topics: software engineering