well put William42.
fwiw I have a glory, but what this thread seems to be coming down to is the group who says "its wrong" the group who says "I don't really care, but thats not really cool" and the group who almost certainly have giants, love them, love the fact that they got them at a cheaper price then a dw link bike, and are trying to rationalize it.
I've been ok with giant because dw and meastro have different ride characteristics. Yes, they feel more alike then most suspension setups (or any that i've ever ridden), but they still definitely have a distinguished feel. I'm not sure if this one still keeps that distinguished feel, but its one thing to be inspired by a design and to make something similar, and its another thing to try and make your bike look exactly the same as another bike and copy it. Nobody really knows how the new glory rides besides the few who have ridden it, but this seems a direct copy of the frame design, if not the linkage. Just seems kinda lame since dw worked his ass off for that and then giant copies it.
I guess we'll see what happens.