Markdown: The Spec - it's coming and it's full of personalities
Am I the only one who thinks Jeff Atwood is completely without the necessary credibility to spearhead an effort like this?<p>To say nothing of the time-tested idiocy of designing a spec by committee? IEEE telco protocols being the canonical example?<p>The whole effort seems like a terrible idea. Gruber's responses seem to me to be completely appropriate.