I've read this before, but many of Joel's posts are timeless, and this was a great re-read. I did notice something new... Wondering if anyone can shed light on

I've read this before, but many of Joel's posts are timeless, and this was a great re-read. I did notice something new... Wondering if anyone can shed light on this? > If you’re going into a market with no existing competition, lock-in, and network effects, you better use the Amazon model, or you’re going the way of Wordsworth.com, which started two years before Amazon, and nobody’s ever heard of them. Then he links a reply from the Wordsworth founder, which was kinda heartwarming: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/08/07/wordsworth-responds/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/08/07/wordsworth-respond... but below that, Joel posts his own reply to that email, which reads as incredibly condescending and mean-spirited to me? does he use this tone with others, is it just bro talk? > [several paragraphs complaining about independent bookstores] > Anyway, that’s my bookstore rant It’s great to hear from you, and I suspect a lot more people will hear of Wordsworth if Amazon runs out of money as quickly as some analysts think they will!