So djb writes crypto code that works and everybody switches to it but it isn't because his stuff is any good? Through the entire article he doesn't list anything wrong with the djb crypto stuff and ends up calling it 'brakish' and 'camel dung'? Really? It isn't because djb stuff is good, it is because everything else is crap? WTF?
Gutmann writes a bit colloquially, and the text was a message on a somewhat informal mailing list. So keep that in mind regarding the tone.
The overall point of the post was not to blast DJB, but, well, to point out the crypto monoculture, like it says on the tin. DJB's stuff is good, which is why it is popular. The problem Gutmann is highlighting (mostly) is that nobody's competing with him.
That problem? Monocultures are high-risk. A bug or a cryptanalysis breakthrough could render "everybody's" security broken at the same time. Or, DJB is eaten by a bear; who supports that code now?
