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If you run a startup, do NOT do this -- reply to some guy with a stick up his ass. By creating a controversy the only thing you accomplish is raising the SEO of the blog article as it relates to your startup. Ouch.

No-one comes out of this well. Good cautionary tale.

For those wondering, like I did, what the post title is referring to, read the comments.

The blogger makes a point that it becomes "his" brand versus the Voice123 brand.

This is the kind of e-fighting that I think we at HN try to avoid.

I mean, this overall attack is just childish. Mr. Lowell was being proper and honorable by privately asking "why". I think as a businessman, a personal note asking why is a great idea rather than '5 short questions from 1 to 5'

And he gets spat on, and publicly at that. No thanks.