Author of the article here. One of my many mistakes that burned me out on the whole project was trying to present X11 in a neutral way. I personally believe th

Author of the article here. One of my many mistakes that burned me out on the whole project was trying to present X11 in a neutral way. I personally believe there's a lot broken with the architecture and the ecosystem, but wanted to let X11 sell its own ideas, slowly letting you figure out they were the wrong ones. But that never happened. I should have been more up-front by pointing out brokenness when I see it. The whole window tree was the wrong idea. I worked closely on Wayland for a few years of my professional life, and helped design important parts. I believe X11 made plenty of wrong choices, and Wayland made much more informed ones. But my attempt at staying neutral only fueled the Wayland vs. X11 debate. I stepped away entirely from open-source graphics in 2016, but it still goes on today.