It's actually about the difference between reasonable people and agenda-laden kids in the linux/open-source community but it applies equally well to the mud community if you switch out "linux" for "free muds" and "Microsoft" for "commercial muds."
The Pros are the people you'd hire or work for, because they're concerned only with getting the job done, not with promoting some religious-style anti-<whatever> agenda. The Priests are somewhat less competent, having serious prejudices but still retaining the ability to think rationally sometimes. The Zealots are the ones who have no connection with reality, lack all ability to think critically, and use every opportunity to attack that which their agenda opposes.
--matt
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