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I sometimes think that Org-mode suffers in the same way that SGML lost to HTML, SOAP lost to XML-RPC, Atom lost to RSS, XML lost to JSON, and so on. What some p
by pwinnski 8y ago
I sometimes think that Org-mode suffers in the same way that SGML lost to HTML, SOAP lost to XML-RPC, Atom lost to RSS, XML lost to JSON, and so on. What some people see as the over-simplicity of Markdown is exactly what leads to it being implemented "everywhere." The simpler format often ends up being more widely used precisely because of its simplicity, not despite it.
- pmoriarty 8y agoThe analogy breaks down because the complexity in org-mode is completely optional. You don't have to use or even know of all of org-mode's features in order to use it. You could use a tiny subset of features and still have a valid org-mode file which is as simple as any other markdown format. In fact, that's exactly how most people use it. But if they want more power, it's there. What's more likely to be the reason for org-mode's lack of adoption is that most people don't use emacs.