That long post has to be taken in context. Bill Buck wasn't some kind of saint trying to preserve the Amiga like comes across from just that one post. I remember all too well the things that were happening back then from both camps, and that was ultimately what put me off getting a Pegasos.
By the way, I just installed FE on my trusty A1XE yesterday (you know, the one with Articia but no April). Still working nicely, just as I like it.
No Saint indeed, but he was bang on the money on every point. (except the flawlessly bit, hence Peg2).
What put me off Pegasos (I was into Amiga hardware at the time) was simply that it didn't run AmigaOS, so I couldn't see the point back then... when I eventually tried MorphOS out on a Peg, after trying AmigaOS on A1s (se and xe) I realised my mistake and was quickly sold on it though.
Not having 'the name' back then was demonstrably a big disadvantage, and to some degree (much smaller now) still is.
How to get someone to try something they've not heard of, and think they're probably not going to like (even if it tastes as sweet as honey?)
(Ironically I found this searching for info on April... wondering whether XMOS might have been configurable to do the same job... had it been on the A1s.)
(I love the fact that about 50 users who have been away from here for years have just got a notification of a thread update though! )
Maybe they'll visit and see how things have turned out. :/