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We're hoping the competition will be friendly, and will drive both projects to improve. Backdrop will have a far more limited scope than Drupal, so hopefully deciding which to use won't be much of a burden on anyone.

Most of the things that you suggest are already happening.  There are people working hard on DX in D8, and there's a huge push to help contributors get ready for the move to D8.

Our perspective is that this kind of reinforcement and support for the community shouldn't really be necessary. Our contributors should never be put in a position where their fears need to be addressed and soothed. The problem is that Drupal 8 has already been changed too much, and no additional changes can fix that. "Another layer of abstraction can solve anything, except for too many layers of abstraction."

The reason to start a new project is this: Drupal is doing exactly what it's meant to do. Chasing the latest trends in technology. Refactoring code is the Drupal way. This naturally leads to more and more change.

Leaving things as they are (even if they are imperfect, or could be done better) would be easier on the contributors, site owners, and the rest of the Drupal ecosystem, but it goes against what's at Drupal's core. If this is what we want (and it is) then there's no point in trying to do it with Drupal.

The Drupal boat is heading the direction it's supposed to be heading. We want to arrive at a different destination, but there's no point in jumping up and down and yelling at the captain, saying we're going the wrong way. It's best if we just get in our own dinghy and go our separate ways.

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