Who is even still working on a solution for the VMS?

[bi3mw]

Trying to get everyone to agree is going to be impossible.

I don’t really see a problem there. For my part, when working with the VMS, I’m generally interested in approaches that don’t align with my own ideas. A change of perspective can sometimes be a valuable exercise, and often it’s not the entire idea but parts of it that are useful for my own work on the manuscript. New food for thought emerges, especially during a critical discussion.

In my opinion, what’s important is that opinions aren’t forced upon you (“it is this way and no other”). Debates that aim solely to impose one’s own views on the VMS are uninteresting in the long run and lead nowhere.