According to the vfmd spec history[1] the first version appeared in july 2013. According to the other project[2], they started "about two years" ago. It would

According to the vfmd spec history[1] the first version appeared in july 2013. According to the other project[2], they started "about two years" ago. It would be impossible for the former to discover the latter, given that the work was behind closed doors. The people in the latter group probably did not bother to look at alternatives while they were pursuing their own solution. [1] https://github.com/vfmd/vfmd-spec/commits/gh-pages?page=7 https://github.com/vfmd/vfmd-spec/commits/gh-pages?page=7 [2] http://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-markdown-is-now-common-markdown/ http://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-markdown-is-now-common...