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 ;)
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.
You could just have left off the last part of that :D
> Culture wars are sadly one of the biggest inhibitors of progress
It seems to hinge a lot on what is “culture”.
"my tribe"
Why does liking something different from you imply there's a war?
There is often a neo-tribalistic mentality.
"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 ;)
Still 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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