Well, as a Mod, and as someone who has not even rooted his NexusOne, I'll say this:
This entire episode is as shameful as anything I've seen anywhere. Whether BD made any mistakes or not, the fanboyism, the attacks on the forum, the damnation....all are examples of some of the most childish behavior I've ever seen carried on by adults.
That this forum became the focal point for all this is another disgrace that I cannot understand. As many have said, if you don't like one dev's work, simply don't use it! The pettyness is uncalled for, umprofessional, and too many other adjectives to list here....all negative.
I'll also say that I disagree with this decision, in that I don't see this being the end of this kind of behavior. It seems to me to be part and parcel of the egos that write ROMs; and I'm almost certain that this kind of "war" will surface again in the future. I think we, as a forum, would be better served to simply stop hosting developers altogether, and just let the forum be a place to discsuss their work--which would be published elsewhere. The community would still be served, and the "need" to shred other devs would be inappropriate in this forum.
But nobody asked me, and I'm only one opinion. I'm proud of this place. I will remain proud of this place. But I have lost respect for more than one developer, and likely decided once and for all not to root.
Thanks for your time, and I'll see you all around here...hopefully in better moods.