Comment by squidsoup
13 years ago
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.
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.