This discussion has being going on for a very long time, even on HN. The article is very much a response to what has come before it. Sure it's a starting point

This discussion has being going on for a very long time, even on HN. The article is very much a response to what has come before it. Sure it's a starting point for a thread of discussion we're having here, but it's by no means the _start_ of the debate.