Well that does it I'd say. With such a negative attitude, who wants him on the team anyway? What the advantages are? They're clearly laid out in the project.

Seriously, screw that guy.

edit: Yes I know who 'that guy' is and it's great he's been working on Vim for all these years, but he certainly has his head up his ass if he thinks Vim users would not benefit from some big refactorings, a more accessible code base and some dropped platforms. If all those Amiga programmers love Vim so much, why would they be disappointed with an eternal Vim7.4?

It's not too late for Vim to lose the editor wars.