[the_af]

The point is Gruber was contacted out of courtesy, his name as the initial author carrying some weight in people's minds, and he reacted in an openly hostile and mocking way.

[latexr]

I understand that. To be clear, I was adding more context, not defending him (see above on the thread).

[the_af]

True! I didn't realize you were the same user who sparked this specific thread. We're in agreement.