 Raymond's comments, published mere hours after the attacks had taken place, generated widespread outrage, even among those who otherwise supported his role as an open source spokesman.The "Adequacy" story, which was initially published on September 12, was its most popular post-9/11 story and was eventually syndicated by "AlterNet" on October 2, 2001, causing it to be mentioned by a number of online news and discussion sites.The piece was also mentioned in The Industry Standard, wherein commentator Keith Dawson referred to it as "a brilliant height of satire".