So it sounds like we're arguing semantics. 

I'm saying the Microsoft created the plugin, as in "built it". I clarified in a <a href="http://blog.reybango.com/2010/07/09/not-using-jquery-javascript-templates-youre-really-missing-out/comment-page-1/#comment-82128" rel="nofollow">subsequent reply to you</a> that it was a fork of John's original code but the end result is vastly different and it's a totally different plugin. All you have to do is look at the code. If you've done that, you'll see it. That to me constitutes a whole new creation and one that was built by Boris (and Microsoft). He had input from the jQuery team as to how to create the API to better fit within the jQuery style.

What I'm reading from you is that your point of contention is that the idea didn't originate from MS. Is that correct?

And yes, you were being snarky. Certainly happy to have a conversation but completely uninterested in your bluntness.