>>The highest technical position at the time was that of a Technical Fellow - a very esteemed position but not an executive one. You made an accusation of smearing when in fact you presented a false pretext.

Can you name the person who was misled? Seems to me that YAG is held in high esteem by most in the community and when he committed in writing that he was going to make certain features his top priority in his new role at MS, that was big, There was some sour reaction trying to downplay the meaning of "top personal priority" and the same person chose to focus on YAG's employment status as if that's the main point, but all I see is another hostile nit that was given the appropriate response by everybody else. IOW ignored. It's also ancient history and the arrival of the smartphone changed everything.