The Atahualpa concept

Hi,

I'm a big fan of Atahualpa and have created several sites with it. :-) I love it!

So my question arises from listening in on some discussions about which 'framework' type theme is 'best'. 'Someone' said that as soon as they discovered that Atahualpa was based on tables they rejected it as an option. Why would a person conclude that? Someone also said that tables were 'bad' for SEO.

I don't know enough about how Atahualpa is structured internally to know if any of this is relevant. How does Atahualpa differ internally to other theme frameworks? Why did Flynn make the choices that he did?

Looking to be better informed...
Sharon