"The transition from d7 to d8 is going to make the d6 to d7 transition look like a walk in the park."

While I have not had adequate time to fully dive into D8, I have been able to dig enough that I know what I will be getting into. I understand the learning curve and I realize that it will require a significant time investment to become as proficient with D8 as I am with D7. I experienced a similar learning curve and time investment with the D6 to D7 transition.

With regards to anyones capabilities, I don't see resistance to change as an indicator of ones abilities. I understand the resistance to the changes being made in D8 and while I share some of those concerns, I have also observed similar changes being made in other projects including Wordpress and Joomla. To me, this indicates a fundamental shift in the direction of each of these projects towards a similar goal.

"D8 wasn't an accident-- it was a plan. It's not likely to change now-- even if it could."

Change is inevitable. It may not come with D8 but it will eventually come. Whether that is in Drupal or Backdrop or some as yet unknown project, it will come. The success of Drupal is defined by the community and it will be up to the community to decide where it goes.

While I have seen jenlampton's blog* I have not seen sun's. If you can pass along that URL it would be appreciated.

*http://www.jenlampton.com/blog/introducing-backdrop-cms-drupal-fork