How to root the CDMA Hero - xda-developers
Here's another tutorial from the XDA dev forum.
I understand that rooting has a few perks. The ability to run wifi-tether, uninstall Sprint bloatware, and running and storing apps on the sd card.
At this point I'm torn between following through with rooting my Hero now or waiting until after 2.0 is released!
If I root now, I can enjoy the perks and explore new benefits of rooting, but if I want to upgrade to 2.0 after rooting, the exploit may be patched, essentially un-rooting my phone again, even worse the bloatware could be back on it...