Precisely. It would have sufficed, and it would have been an unremarkable reaffirmation of the sad reality that yes, widespread habits trump merit in many cases

Precisely. It would have sufficed, and it would have been an unremarkable reaffirmation of the sad reality that yes, widespread habits trump merit in many cases (Betamax vs VHS etc etc). It's not clear what he said, but if all he said was, "Sure Rails stinks but the majority uses it so suck it up," I don't think it'd be an article worth applauding.