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Why cant people just stop worrying, and learn to love scene?
Ktempkin can still do her own work, outside of ReSwitched. If ReSwitched is cultivating a toxic environment, skilled people will leave, and they will come together in a new group, leaving the toxin producers behind. TX will do what TX will do, and worrying about it is pointless. And still, even if ReSwitched recanted, would KTempkin even WANT to return?
Getting all triggered, and throwing tantrums like this is a dwarf fortress (tee hee) will only get stuff broken, and lead to spirals of malcontent.
People want to develop software for the NX, because the hardware is neat, portable, and powerful-- and because nintendo does not like it when the artificial saccharine gets removed from their consoles. Not everyone does this so they can get the latest games through pirate channels (but if they do, that is still OK, IMO). Some honestly want to put fun titles out themselves without dealing with ninty and their "This big to play" bullshit.
I have been, and still remain ambivalent about TX. I am still happy for the work done on Atmosphere, even if it gets forked. (Because that is totally an option that people who dislike the direction of ReSwitched can take. The code is GPL2.) This whole "Either with or against" nonsense is just that. Nonsense.
It does not really matter what the reason for wanting to get past the restrictions nintendo put in place are-- that we all share a desire to get past them, and can pool resources and efforts to accomplish that goal is really all that matters, and the ability to work together despite differences of opinion or motive is what makes a scene healthy.
Relating to the loud screechings I am reading about the disclosures concerning Deja Vu, I cannot help but be reminded of the trite addage: "Security through obscurity is no security at all." What do I mean by that? Keeping DV a secret does not really protect it, any more than keeping dirty laundry in a commercial package keep it safe from exploitation by hackers in the wild. Security is, has been, and always will be a moving target. Tomorrows exploits are based on what comes out tomorrow. Today's exploits are based on what is available today. Jealously holding a CVE in one's miserly fist does not keep it safe from being found independently and patched. It does not keep it your personal treasure. It does not make it safe. All it does, is make it less available to more hands that would like to use it, or would like to better understand the current status of the console.
It is simply of the highest importance to realize that individual people are not what make the scene great; Brilliant people toil in obscurity and accomplish less than their true potential all the damn time. What makes the scene great, is how well that scene integrates people, connects people, and allows people to communicate and share what they have learned quickly, efficiently, and without all this factionist bullshit.
I really dont give a damn what somebody uses to break into a switch with, who does it first, or the fastest-- The more ways in that are found, the harder it is for Ninty to patch it up-- but that is only true when the people that enjoy that kind of work can freely exchange their discoveries, as what is obvious to one person is not so obvious to another, and holding secrets 'For the credz!" only weakens and denies this. I want the switch to be a hacker's paradise. To that end, I share my knowledge freely, and without hesitation, regardless of the intended goal of the person seeking that knowledge. Scenes flourish when this mindset is maintained. They dry up into wastelands of name calling, vapor ware that never materalizes, and butthurt so thick you can spread it with a butterknife when it is not maintained, and the pogroms start.
I rather like the switch. It's a nice little console. Lets focus on that instead of bickering like washerwomen over who has the dirtiest laundry, M'kay?
