Mr. K, I believe it's just that, in general, people LIKE to be fooled. For some strange reason people tend to follow myths, not facts. And tend to forged, that in guns, just like in anything else, there is a fashion trend. That's it, nothing more. Simple fashion, that may (will) change after 10 - 15 years. To be more precise - in this case it's a confusion between the cartridge and the platform. One uses a century old design, deemed obsolete, but resurrected with modern materials & technology (1911), while the other uses a a century old design, deemed obsolete, but resurrected with modern materials & technology (Glock, XD, S&W M&P and etc.)... Do you see the difference between those two platforms - striking it is! Like, you try to explain to some polymer-striker-fired-wundergun-fanboy, that his Springfield XD uses a trigger mechanism not much different than one found in a FN 1910...