Tikkabik

This morning my iPhone burn-out editorial ran, and before too long people were posting (and e-mailing me) about it.

Some agree, some disagree, some are ambivalent. But one e-mail exchange in particular caught my eye. To say this guy is paranoid is a dangerous understatement.

Your article was very upsetting. You are really doing Apple a disservice. Are you forgetting that there would be no Macworld without the \"Mac\"? It\'s one thing to legitimately report weaknesses in an Apple product, but the way you talked about the iPhone by saying, \"I’m just really sick and tired of hearing about the damn thing, already\", plus the way you sabotaged the Apple TV, should be unacceptable to Macworld and most of its readers, although they must be applauding you at XBox and Nullriver. Are you sure you\'re not secretly on their payroll?
I would expect an article like this from an editor of a PC magazine, but not from a responsible editor from Macworld...\"Et tu Brute\"

I reminded him that the "op" in "op/ed" stands for "opinion."

It might not be your point, but that's the way it will be taken. I'm sure you will be getting lots more negative comments on your op/ed

Actually, I haven't gotten a lot of negative comments. Some disagree, but few are being dicks about it.

I read the forum posts. The ones that support your opinion cannot be true Mac people. Somewhere in there head is a PC lurking.
I don't understand why you would want to suggest to people that you will keep your X Box instead of purchasing the Apple TV. Do you really want to take sales away from Apple, because that is what you will be doing. There must be a way to get your point across without being so destructive. What if Steve Jobs said.... "In his opinion, Apple would be a better company if Bill Gates took it over".....hey, it's just his opinion, an op/ed if you will.

Yeah, heaven forbid that I try to offer an opinion that might be favorable of a non-Apple product. As Dubya teaches us, "If you're not with us, you're against us."

What I do is of little importance. You are supposed to be representing Macworld. You have influence and you are using your power against your own employer. I don't understand why you don't see that.

That's right, I'm wielding POWER and INFLUENCE! FEAR ME! I AM A SITH LORD!