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[Sorry comments were down when I first read this, and I just rediscovered the post in an old tab. This irked me so much when I first read it that I'd still like to respond.]
This post is naive, self-centered, wishful thinking. You have no claim on another's time, until you start paying his wages. All of the things Atwood wants Gruber to do, Atwood should do himself, or hire someone else to do. It's not like the source code is unavailable or something.
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I'm a big fan of John Gruber's Markdown. When it comes to humane markup languages for the web, I don't think anyone's quite nailed it like Mr. Gruber. His philosophy was clear from the outset: Markdown is intended to be as easy-to-read and easy-to-write as is feasible. Readability, however, ...
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