[bisby]

Regarding point 2:

> Dec. 21st ... plenty of time before the holidays

"The holidays" are not just "Dec 25" "Jan 1" and "maybe the time in between". A lot of places slow down in the weeks leading up to and the weeks after these "official" holidays. I'm not going to push out a major release in December unless I have to, because I don't want to deal with a fire the week of Christmas. Also, not going to push out a major release until after I get back from New Year's and have a chance to thoroughly go over things.

Maybe some people are different religions that have different holy days in this time frame. And that might not directly affect me, but indirectly, because a vendor or coworker is out for their own reasons.

You may have been working diligently 24/7 right up until christmas day proper, but that is not the case everywhere. And being slow to respond that close to Christmas is completely reasonable.

Also, I don't really see his comments as any more hostile than yours. IE: not insanely aggressive, but clearly not intended to be friendly either.