Kroah-Hartman: AF_BUS, D-Bus, and the Linux kernel

I think you are promoting a false equivilancy. On one side there are people working on making a practical, pragmatic IPC system for rational, documented reasons and on the other a small minority who mostly engage in debate using emotional terms without explaining any position other than how much they hate the new thing. You see the same thing, often from the same people, in discussions about systemd, udev, pulse audio, wayland and d-bus. The few who are articulate enough to communicate a reason should be applauded, the few who actually listen rather than monologue, and show the ability to change their mind, or at least respect others, should be applauded greatly.