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Re:The Future of Markdown by squidsoup on Thursday October 25, 2012 @09:48PM (#4700473)
No, the difference is that Gruber is a person whereas Microsoft is a corporation. Corporations aren't subject to the same social mores - it isn't hurtful to say something nasty about a corporation.

Abandoning basic etiquette that you should have learned in primary school and calling someone "absolute shit" is not cool.

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Re:The Future of Markdown by skeletonjelly on Thursday October 25, 2012 @09:55PM (#4700486)
While I agree that calling somebody that is not cool, I think you'll find that product owners at corporations do take it to heart when harsh criticisms are called out. They identify with their output.
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