Tom Yager of Infoworld was lucky (unlucky) enough to meet with Apple representatives after running a story criticizing the company for not delivering on old promises. He took issue with the closing of the OS X x86 kernel source code.

In his meeting with the reps, Tom said they took issue with him citing something that only a "fraction of a fraction" of the geeks who are his regular readers. Safe enough to say Tom was not happy with the choice of words.

Tom responded with another post on his site: "I go on the defensive whenever a vendor suggests that any portion of my readership is an underclass because of its numbers," he said. "It is our fraction of a fraction that is the bellwether for the next leading edge. My readers donÂ?t gaze at my torch or carry othersÂ?. TheyÂ?re too busy lighting new ones.

"My story got such wide attention because lots of people understand why breaking a promise, and saying nothing about it, matters. ItÂ?s not about code. ItÂ?s about character."

You said it, Tom.