As to your latter question I think it's a kind of elitism. "Real men code with vi" type stuff. I've always loved and always been a fan of OSS, but at the same

As to your latter question I think it's a kind of elitism. "Real men code with vi" type stuff. I've always loved and always been a fan of OSS, but at the same time I have never been a fan of the arcane obscurantism that goes with it. I used to see it as just a function of not having time/energy to polish UX, but now I think it's somewhat intentional. They like things to be arcane since it's a status symbol to know arcane things.