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Jeff Atwood: "I do think we'll adopt some of the cleverer functions of Textile and Markdown, insofar as they remove mundane HTML markup scutwork. But in general, I'd much rather rely on a subset of trusty old HTML than expend brain cells trying to remember the fake-HTML way to make something bold, or create a hyperlink. HTML isn't perfect, but it's an eminently reasonable humane markup language." -  Is HTML a Humane Markup Language?

Jeff Atwood: " Given its prevalence, you might decide that XML is technologically terrible, but you have to use it anyway. It sure feels like, for any given representation of data in XML, there was a better, simpler choice out there somewhere. But it wasn't pursued, because, well, XML can represent anything. Right? [...] Please think twice before subjecting yourself, your fellow programmers, and your users to the XML angle bracket tax." - XML: The Angle Bracket Tax