I guess in global view, comapred to XMR we have more honest distribution, at least because we have more fair emission curve:
I'm not sure why one curve would be any more fair than the other.
Does XCN have a more fair emission curve because it has a 10-year half life? Would 20-years be even better?
To me "fair" means that the rules are clearly defined and those same rules apply to everyone.
Different emissions curves might have practical advantages and disadvantages, but fairness is not among them.
I agree about clearly defined rules, it's definately an indispensable part of fair distribution.
But also i think that faster emission makes less interest for late joining the currency - in long term view, so i think Bitcoin emission curve is closer to be fair.
And as you said, there are also practical advantages and disadvantages. But let this out of scope, say you launching new coin at this moment, what emission curve would you select for this ?