This is a fantastic window into the state of the “progressive” mind. It is at its core, a cult. The minds games the followers will play with themselves in order to not be banished from the cult, the arrogance of the cult leaders. Great read.
Personally, I was quite fascinated with the difference between the apple co’s attitude towards anything other than their pre-approved directions and how the ‘nix crowd functions.
I mean, take their help on the bug-front stage. They don’t care what platform it affects, they simply identify a problem and set about finding a cure for it. Even if it does not harm one of the Unix variants.
The same applies to the programs developed. They are developed for their preferred OS, like Linux, but forks for different variants are encouraged and ports for the two main other OS’s are actively encouraged.