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Whether or not they originally had a goal of making Gruber unhappy, the tussle has increased the visibility of their project. Going from "Standard" to "Common"
by eevilspock 12y ago
Whether or not they originally had a goal of making Gruber unhappy, the tussle has increased the visibility of their project. Going from "Standard" to "Common" is not likely to end the fight, and so won't end the free extra publicity.
As semisight says[1], "Atwood's reaction complies with the word of the request, but not the spirit of it." Atwood's a smart guy. Someone who lives and breathes (and writes about) this business. It's hard for me not to think this is intentional.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8271596 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8271596
- philoushka 12y agoI get the sense it's unintentional. This isn't how you want your launch to go. The impact on this project is large - SE, Reddit and GitHub. It's not clear whether JA is leading the group's effort, but he's definitely the one speaking the most. The group shouldn't have been surprised at the continued stonewalling. Perhaps they had a Plan B, perhaps we're seeing it or a hurried Plan C. In any case, I'd agree that the project is getting visibility and attention, but I definitely wouldn't have planned for this. It's too ugly.