Text-only communication is limited, and a great deal of nuance is lost compared to direct verbal communication. I chose to interpret the comment you quote from Steve's earlier post as a pleasant and slightly humorous way of moving on from a situation that Steve has indicated to readers that he finds professionally awkward (viz the "Martin Harrold/Simons analogy).
Your inference may be right, Ormond. My inference may be right. Both of us may be wrong, and Steve may have meant something completely different by his remark.
In the absence of a clear statement from Steve about the product in question (which, to my mind, he has the right to post or not post as suits him). all that readers can do is infer. Or not, as the case may be.
What one infers from any communication depends on one's own perceptive filters and choices. I cannot read minds, and in the absence of a firm statement from another, I don't think I have a right to put words into another's mouth based on what could be an incorrect interpratation or inference on my part. That is
my personal choice.
Ormond wrote:If Steve doesn't wish to give us more info, thats his decision, but some of us will still be left wondering about the product.
Please don't take this as my being rude toward you Ormond (it's most certainly not intended in such a manner), but why not let people make up their own minds? In all candour, your most recent posts on this thread come across to
me (and it's only my opinion, mind) as
telling people what to make of Steve's comments. Perhaps that was not your intent?