First off, I can see both sides of this argument, and honestly I had never really given a lot of this information much thought before this thread. But, after reading through this thread and some "professional" material outside of it have developed my own opinions.

I haven't participated much in this conversation because it has been really informative and has been interesting to hear both sides of the arguments. But, longbow76, I can't help but to believe you are in someway directly affiliated with this project, and it seems you are pushing your own agenda. There is a MS forum that I am a member of and the Big Buck Project was brought up on it. You also joined that site on 10/1/12 to support the project against the opposition over there.