>>> I didn't see the OS4 crowd talking about the e5500 core several years ago

>> That's because you didn't look :-)

> I never really thought to look at AmigaWorld.

Where did you look for discussions by the OS4 crowd then? When it comes to English-speaking sites, Amigaworld.net is one of the 2 top sites (the other being amigans.net) for OS4-centric discussion.

> why is this discussion continuing?

Because there're still debatable arguments being presented, I guess :-)