" 'I can freeload on the works of others for some investment in comprehension and customization', which is how I felt the author framed his situation at times.

" 'I can freeload on the works of others for some investment in comprehension and customization', which is how I felt the author framed his situation at times. " That was a huge, unnecessary leap from your part. I did not read it like that. To me, it was more like "we were going to leverage the existing projects and add to that and give back (as they said they will do), but we could not because the underlying projects are not mature so right now it is more work to fix than to start from scratch." I don't know if what they did is advisable or not. All I am saying yours is an unnecessarily aggressive conclusion attacking someone who just spent a lot of time warning the community about a lot of the issues under discussion.