"Everybody" doesn't hate anything, perhaps all you hear are the people complaining. These projects are being accepted by various Linux users reasonably well. Any type of change is going to inspire some ire among longtime users.
And I'm afraid these types of conflicts happen in the non-free-software world, too, the most easy examples being recent stories about internal projects in Nokia and Microsoft. Things get messier when you want standards and interop.
And I'm afraid these types of conflicts happen in the non-free-software world, too, the most easy examples being recent stories about internal projects in Nokia and Microsoft. Things get messier when you want standards and interop.