On 5/15/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/15/06, Philip Welch wikipedia@philwelch.net wrote:
That's an understatement. The most potent criticism of Jimbo's actions here is that he hasn't been decisive enough in simply resolving the issue himself instead of waiting on the community.
I have some sympathy with that view. Being told "All your base are going to get belong to us some day, unless you destroy them first" does rather create ambiguity and uncertainty. But ultimately probably less damaging than "Userboxes must die today'.
"Userboxes must die today" would solve the userbox problem once and for all. Unfortunately, there is a bit of collateral damage...