That split is a battle that will remain I guess. It is a dangerous combination of ideology, greed and pride. I haven't been deeply involved in the discussions, but it's just crappy to see that they seem to be some people's full-time job to defend 'a side'. Not adding much value to the world.
There seems to be a propaganda war going on ... while I think this can perfectly be explained without resorting to conspiracy theories, I do have my own conspiracy theory explaining why we have such a split.