Well said. I think people don't know when to just back down. Arguing the latest reply becomes a reflex rather than a 2-way discussion.
I'm trying to motivate one or hopefully both of these ideas
- if it is worth backup up or exporting, it is worth doing it early and often
- but more importantly if we backing up and exporting, we should be continuously thinking are we even on the right platform? Does a better alternative exist?
When proven wrong, hackers always say "Well in 5 years time or in 10 years time, things might have changed, so I was right and you were wrong".
It limits your own reasoning capabilities, and your satisfaction of always being right yet again will start diminishing with time.