> It seems like people just didn't feel like it, and building something new was more exciting and would look better on their resume Those people were largely t

> It seems like people just didn't feel like it, and building something new was more exciting and would look better on their resume Those people were largely the Xorg developers. They knew what they were up against and clearly decided this was a better idea. They may have overcorrected, but they’ve been fixing things compared to the early releases. Wayland is here, it works (for a great many things), and it’s under active development to keep improving. Xorg is not.