I was expecting a bit more from the article, given the first thing I read at the top of the page was, "(author name) just another legendary software developer."

I was expecting a bit more from the article, given the first thing I read at the top of the page was, "(author name) just another legendary software developer." As much as I dislike Word, you cannot simply compare Markdown to Word. Markdown is a text based format specification, while Word is a massive tool comprised of countless features (which happen to include a WYSIWYG editor).