Mehdi is the guy who started the strong lifts web site. It is an entry level program to get people into weight lifting .... properly. He advocates moving on to other programs. Strong Lifts is a novice program.
EDIT: I see RSBX chimed in with teh same basic comment. Mehdi refers to it as a 13 week prorgam.
starting strength is a novice program...
see the words "starting" in it. why do stronglifts when you can do a program from a guy who's been teaching people how to get big and strong for 30+ years. barbell rows are inferior to power cleans, and who knows what other useless crap he gets you to do.