Oh, there's no doubt about it: These forums are a self-selected group of people who have considerably more interest and competence in the field than the average mudder or mud operator. I definitely respect most of the people here. There are only about two Zealots that I can think of but I'm not going to name names. There are, unfortunately, a fair number of Priests.
Say, thanks! Very rare that anyone apologizes here. There's no doubt there a negative aspects to commercial muds, especially from the developer's point of view. I personally think they're vastly outweighed by the positives (mainly, the ability to make a living doing something you love) but everyone will place their own weight on the various positives and negatives.
--matt
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