>but the language was not “owned” by a single company which would loom in everyone’s mind, always the unspoken fear being “what if <company> doesn’t like it?”.

>but the language was not “owned” by a single company which would loom in everyone’s mind, always the unspoken fear being “what if <company> doesn’t like it?”. >I will not use tools which make me afraid. I will not live a life in fear. This is a very emotional response. It uses the language of emotion: fear, afraid, even the odd emphasis of the words owned and loom. Unfortunately for you Hacker News tends to be logical and analytical. Personally I don't fear any tools, except for table saws, which combine extreme sharpness with a dangerous axis of rotation that can lop off fingers or propel a 2x4 through your abdomen with ease. Oh, I also fear C++, which is the table saw of the mind.