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Originally Posted by Talisman

Oh, that's lovely. You know damn well this doesn't give us a representative indication from which to decide what's best for everyone here. A straight numbers poll for a question like this?

On one side there's a group of very experienced, very active, and very HIGHLY motivated bunch of coders who all want to sell things here to make money. You think that group isn't going to work hard to convince people this is NOT about financial gain for themselves? Those are some of the most active participating people here so, of course, they're going to win a poll in terms of sheer numbers.

The people here who are going to be affected the most by this decision are not long-time, experienced, active participants who post their thoughts and opinions on a regular basis. They don't influence what other people think all the time. And a significant percentage of those people are simply too intimidated by all this and by the other very vocal members here. They're not sure which side is really looking out for THEM and their interests ... they're not actively monitoring a debate like this. There's no way they're going to have the same voice in this, so how are they going to be represented fairly in a straight numbers poll?

So your saying that, like our democracy, if you dont show up to vote its not your fault if you lose?......

Besides, how can you pay $150++ for something and expect everything else to be free??