Having a thread locked over vendors publicly battling it out should result in their posts being deleted, not the thread being locked. IMO its very unprofessional and leaves a bad impression when I read those posts. The intent for this particular thread is good and should result in a respectful discussion. (like it usually does on this site)
Having said that I have nothing but good things to say about LMS, and I've read plenty of good things to say about Torrie. I think we as a community are fortunate to have multiple trusted tuners here to help us!