> I'm not sure why so much ink is spilled on it other than it's easy to form opinions around. Because people read it. And people read it because social cues ar

> I'm not sure why so much ink is spilled on it other than it's easy to form opinions around. Because people read it. And people read it because social cues are important. When you're going to commit hundreds (or thousands) of man hours to building a system you may have to maintain for years based on very, very partial knowledge, you want to know what other people think about the tools you plan to use.