minerjoen: Well, my point was that for a coin that looks for longevity and stability from day one, the algo does not make much of a difference in time scales longer than a couple years, after which the same problem (ASICs!) would create loss of stability that could have been avoided by adjusting the infrastructure to a situation where ASICs support the network from day one and will continue to do so as long as mining remains profitable. See what happened to Litecoin when Scrypt ASICs came out. SHA-256 coins (and new Scrypt coins too, basically) avoid having to ever deal with such a possible disaster.

Once again - I do have a solution at hand which allows small miners to get their fair share. Therefore, SHA-256 will most likely remain a very reasonable algo choice as long as it remains safe and not easily cracked, which will be no sooner than a long, long time from now... The less gimmicks and fads surrounding the coin, the more attention can be directed at the real core values.