Paul, it appears to me you brought everything upon yourself. I don't even see the relevancy of your complaint to this thread, unless Journal 8 will include these scenario's in question. If that is the case I don't blame MMP if they want to wait until their release to give you any information. It would appear that you have some opinion where your wants have become entitlements, which of course is inviting other to jump on you.
Being negative is what drives threads like these, if you agree then why waste the time to say it.
Yes, I do think such a narrow viewpoint is unfortunate. My use of luddite was in reference to that viewpoint, not to any particular person. And I don't ask anyone to adopt my viewpoint, but if you clearly don't care about other scenarios, then you are working from a biased viewpoint. It's like saying, "I don't watch the NY Yankees because I don't like the NY Yankees". So we know not to expect you to say anything good about the Yankees. My MASLSL is obviously not useful to you. So, your biased comments about it are not germaine.
I do find this quote puzzling, because it does come across as elitist. If someone does not agree with you then their opinions are not valid and not allowed to be voiced. I think you need to accept that if someone does not like your pet project, their opinion is just as valid. They have legitimate reasons not to care about this information. You can't belittle opposite points of view and not expect to be attacked, but face it their comments are entirely germaine. They probably agree with MMP's thoughts and reflect the decision and the reasoning behind the decision. I really find your Yankee analogy dumb. I'm a Red Sox fan, I hate the Yankee's so I can't speak about them? Why would you just ASSUME everything I would say is bad? Just becuase someone has an opinion does not make them blinded from reality and definately not to be dismissed or to self proclaim (in advance) ANYTHING they say irrelevant and to be ignored.