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Look at this forums, people do post all sorts of bollocks on the internet these days....
In some ways its right though, shorther chain stays to make shorther wheel base will help with turing in tight switch backs, and also help make the front end easier to lift, so I suppose this does make it a bit more like a 26" bike. I sounds more like someone trying to address some of the issues the anti 29er crowd seem to think exist with proper sized bikes. With a nice carbon fork you should have 0 problems getting the front of the bike off the ground when you need to, and with 29er tryres and long chain stays you will be amazed by how much rear end grip you have when climbing.