Zaphod: the anti-Dave

Dave Winer is an interesting guy with a weblog who is also Chairman and CEO of Userland Software, Inc. As with many people who write things worth reading, though, sometimes he crosses a line that pisses people off. As Dave has been writing for years he has pissed certain people off, or at least amused them no end, so that some of them are now documenting Dave’s follies (the folks behind WinerLog, led by the mysterious Zaphod, choose to remain anonymous for some reason). Even some big industry names have had it up to here with him. I have to admit, I admire Dave most of the time but he can piss me off as well; one telling point about Dave’s attitude towards this topic is that even though he proclaims openness as majorly important, he shut down the discussion group associated with his weblog a long time ago. OTOH, WinerLog is hosted on EditThisPage.com, which is owned and operated by Userland Software, Inc.

Update: The swell folks at WinerLog give BillSaysThis a little love, thanks guys. Only a few hours since their link to this article went live and a dozen hits already!