Again, I'd encourage you to replace "Markdown" with "HTML" and imagine if your beliefs would still be consistent. Do you think NetScape should have claimed to

Again, I'd encourage you to replace "Markdown" with "HTML" and imagine if your beliefs would still be consistent. Do you think NetScape should have claimed to support "NetScape-flavored HTML" rather than "HTML"? Do you think the WHATWG should have announced "WHATWG-flavored HTML" rather than "HTML5" in response to lack of action from the W3C (actually a very similar situation to what happened here).