5pm today that discussion had become so chock full of “web-muck” (the online equivalent of the telephone game, where the original message gets lost in the transmission) that it was becoming a huge distraction. … the tireless Apple vs. PC debate … impassioned souls who accused me of being everything from a “Microsoft Apologist” to “M$ fanboy” to a “complete idiot”

This is typical troll juice and crap flood that comes from M$ astroturfers. M$ and friends will smear this person to protect what’s left of their own reputations. Had this person worked for M$ or a M$ partner, they would have been fired. Comments to the apology posts are now moderated and I doubt any will see the light of day.