When I see devs are talking/fighting for tech trends or programming patterns or frameworks, Ken's quote ( or message you say ) come in my mind always:

"Many if not most of the software we use is probably obsolete according to the latest design criteria. Most users could probably care less if the internals of the operating system they use is obsolete. They are rightly more interested in its performance and capabilities at the user level."

From The Tanenbaum-Torvalds Debate[0]

[0]. http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/opensources/book/appa.html