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I kind of addressed that issue. If most people have the idea that your hammer is actually a screwdriver, it isn't their fault for misusing it. Someone put that

• dragonwriter 13y ago
  > If most people have the idea that your hammer is actually a screwdriver, it isn't their fault for misusing it. Its not my hammer (or that of most of the people, I would imagine, posting in a similar vein), and I'm not interested in fault. > Someone put that idea there Yes, people have put out bad ideas of what Cucumber is for -- and the people complaining about it not being good for things it isn't designed for are among those people. That's why some of us are countering those incorrect ideas, so they don't keep spreading. > you as the creator of this not-a-screwdriver are responsible for the failure of that message. Wrong ideas that only some subset of the people exposed to a product get about its use are not solely the responsibility of the creator of the product. Obviously, if you have an interest in selling the product, you are the person that stands to gain or lose based on those wrong ideas and you have a particular interest in correcting it and a responsibility to your business to take any efficient steps to combat that misimpression, but then again, if you are using tools in your business, you likewise have a particular interest in identifying and correcting your own mistaken ideas about tools and a responsibility to your business in taking any efficient steps to correct misimpressions you may have.