I personally never touched the Sholes/DM stuff, mainly because I just played with Pete/Chevy's stuff from the get go. However at this point I don't think I ever will in the future either. These guys are just so full of themselves I don't wanna go anywhere near em.
Saying how ERE53 is "illegal" and they won't touch it because of that is just plain stupid. That is the ROM that most people want, and all they are accomplishing at this point is making sure their name fades into nothingness. When the official 2.1 comes out and these guys actually step back in the game.. Pete, Chevy, Adamz, and Blackdroid will all have their respective following eager to update their already stable ESE53 rom to an "official" one that will be practically the same thing. They don't want to "taint" their reputation by adding "warez", but they'll definitely tarnish it with all the drama.
I'm sticking to Chevy's roms personally. Not only does he make great kernels, but he can also build his roms around them. Simply Stunning 2.0.x series has been extremely reliable, and if problems do arise he is extremely helpful and quick to a solution. He has made quite a few useful tools to make certain tasks much easier for regular users, and he doesn't have an I'm-better-than-you attitude at all.
Sholes/DM put out a tool useful for a lot of people and cashed in on it. They should just stop talking, soak it all in, and try to make an appearance once a "legit" update comes out. Noone really cares about them changing each and every aspect of their website, adding links, blah blah. We just want ROMs and support for them, and we'll get them whereever we can. I highly doubt their next "big" release will really be any different than the other chefs out there anyway.
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