I disagree. First it is Vinnies board, so he is free to do with it as he sees fit. Even if that is not the case, as in gnutellaforums, NON-constructive input gets in the way of anything productive. If you cant see that then you are blind. I know that many people here would like to believe they are the rebels fighting the evil empire that is BS, LW, and the_gdf, but fact of the matter is very little has come out of here. Most of the active developers of clients, including Gnucleus, Cultiv8or, Swapper, ect all participate with an equal voice at the gdf. Vinnie may hell louder but it still doesnt count anymore when they put matters to a vote (and they do vote and each client gets ONE ( as in 1, the number between 0 and 2) and ONLY ONE vote. Yes, Bearshare gets only one vote. LW gets only one vote. Gnucleus gets only one vote. If xolox or phex wanted to participate they would get one vote each as well. They might have to put up with Vinnie yelling at them but that is all he can do. And as you said its an open network and Vinnie is free to do so. Unfortunatly it has burnt many bridges and people look negatively on a great client.

As for your deleted thread I have no idea what the contents were. You dont have to like Vinnie personaly but all I am tring to do is be a voice of reason here, presenting the other side of the argument, for all of those that come here and read these msgs.