I've certainly written plenty of criticism of people, companies, and ideas on this site. Usually it's directed towards people who talk about nothing but busines

I've certainly written plenty of criticism of people, companies, and ideas on this site. Usually it's directed towards people who talk about nothing but business and act like know-it-all gits. Saying that something is "dead" (especially when it's still, say, a multi-billion dollar industry) or something is "the new (whatever)" infuriates me. You don't see anyone here heaping scorn on, say, Erik Meijer even though he does prominent work at a company a lot of people don't like, because all he does is produce code and papers and that doesn't set anyone off.