Org-mode came out in 2003. Markdown in 2004. Considering when they came out, I could also just say markdown already exists. As for why people use markdown, i

Org-mode came out in 2003. Markdown in 2004. Considering when they came out, I could also just say markdown already exists. As for why people use markdown, it's probably a mix of being simple, being used everywhere already, and not something directly associated with being emacs specific.