What's all this about ego? The decision to broaden the scope of the site beyond XP had nothing to do with anybody's ego.
The point is XP is old now. It's been around for long enough that people have become familiar with it. During the XP-erience days, it was a new OS with big changes from earlier versions, and that was one of the reasons why there was so much activity. The number of problems and questions people have about XP were bound to decrease over time, which was why we decided to go above and beyond just that.
Now I understand change can be hard to deal with, and the migration from XP-erience to NTFS was admittedly a big one. The forum database loss was a big deal too. But come on, the switch from NTFS to OSNN was barely even noticeable apart from the changed name and logos. Everything is exactly the same as it was. The transition happened within a matter of an hour or so. There was barely any downtime either. Kudos to EP and X-Istence for a job well done.
So what makes this little change so difficult to deal with? If the change from NTFS to OSNN is causing people to leave, I'm sorry, I don't understand it. See ya. It's been nice having you around.