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I think the reason he's "infuriated" is that his "contributions" to the tech community are really quite meager- just this one thing that he appears to have spen

by MCRed 12y ago

I think the reason he's "infuriated" is that his "contributions" to the tech community are really quite meager- just this one thing that he appears to have spent an afternoon on. (Oh, and that "app" where his "contribution" according to him was "tastemaker", it was built and designed by two other people.) Meanwhile he seems unreasonably widely respected, despite, like Marco, very obviously being quite the jerk. He's succeeded in building a cult of personality, and his ego can't handle having the One Thing He Ever Created fixed. For this reason- I think they should have come up with a wholly new name. Using the word "markdown" gives gruber too much credit. It's not like he invented JSON or anything.

kasey_junk 12y ago
I don't know any of these folks and don't have any dog in this fight but to belittle the creator of markdown by saying his contribution to the tech community as meager is silly. I am completely out of the hipster tech loop and found myself thinking just today "man I wish this editing software allowed for markdown". I don't know what your contributions are to the tech community but I'd be well chuffed if any of my tech contributions had the wide reach of markdown.
- WorldWideWayne 12y ago
  The way people talk about Microsoft around here, you'd think that they never contributed anything to the tech community either.
coldtea 12y ago
>Oh, and that "app" where his "contribution" according to him was "tastemaker", it was built and designed by two other people Not to mention the app is not anything to write home about at all. He was at best a web designer back when the web didn't even know AJAX.
philoushka 12y ago
> invented JSON Now consider what Doug Crockford labels himself as: discoverer of JSON. DC is self-aware, humble, and thoughtful. Contrast that with today's displayed behaviour: name-calling, puffery, 3 demands (apology, cease and no-redirect, new name).
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by MCRed 12y ago

kasey_junk 12y ago

I don't know any of these folks and don't have any dog in this fight but to belittle the creator of markdown by saying his contribution to the tech community as meager is silly. I am completely out of the hipster tech loop and found myself thinking just today "man I wish this editing software allowed for markdown". I don't know what your contributions are to the tech community but I'd be well chuffed if any of my tech contributions had the wide reach of markdown.

WorldWideWayne 12y ago
The way people talk about Microsoft around here, you'd think that they never contributed anything to the tech community either.

coldtea 12y ago

>Oh, and that "app" where his "contribution" according to him was "tastemaker", it was built and designed by two other people Not to mention the app is not anything to write home about at all. He was at best a web designer back when the web didn't even know AJAX.

philoushka 12y ago

> invented JSON Now consider what Doug Crockford labels himself as: discoverer of JSON. DC is self-aware, humble, and thoughtful. Contrast that with today's displayed behaviour: name-calling, puffery, 3 demands (apology, cease and no-redirect, new name).

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