> It was being willing to settle for an overly simple text format and formatting scheme — “for convenience” — that started the web media architecture off in ent

> It was being willing to settle for an overly simple text format and formatting scheme — “for convenience” — that started the web media architecture off in entirely the wrong direction Yes, in the direction of success. Simple things are adopted more eagerly. Alan Kay, Doug Engelbart and Ted Nelson are all "idea men" with very little real world software created. Resenting the actually successful systems seems to be part of their routine. > It looks like “a hack that grew”, YES! And all real world successful systems will.