You could just have left off the last part of that :D
reply> Culture wars are sadly one of the biggest inhibitors of progress
Why does liking something different from you imply there's a war?
replyThere is often a neo-tribalistic mentality.
reply"My tribe is better than your tribe"
Some people thrive inside this mentality, whole others don't go near it.
Not everyone is thinking like this but a lot of people do. So because of that it's a common heuristic to think of it as "war" because there are some people who do that gladly.
In computing this is almost a tradition (Commodore vs Atari vs PC, Windows vs UNIX vs MacOS). It hasn't exactly hindered progress, I'd rather call it healthy competition ;)
replyStill though: Amiga 4 ever! :D
It doesn't and I never said anything about preferences directly. There are however culture wars, and they cause problems throughout the industry and discipline.
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