On a public forum, some contention is inevitable, as we see on Mudcat. Is it only about details, or are there politics involved? Jack, you call the "abcusers" group "hijacked", and on yet another forum (easy to google) you wrote about spamming <expletive>s. Do we have to fear a new schism among programmers? And if so, what is the main issue? Does "spamming" indicate commercial interests?

Nigel, your example illustrates nicely that there is still something left to do regarding compatibility. I hope the train is not going the other direction.