I'm usually not the best one to call for calm and sanity, and while I have no opinion as to the bulk of this thread I kinda feel that a line was crossed here.
Steffan I am also the head of a company in the OpenACS community and I have to ask that marketing and the technical decisions the OpenACS community makes be separate.
Michael is a member of the dotLRN governance and it is his part of his responsibility to decide where is the most appropriate place for funding. He has proven his integrity in this regard. You do have a strong argument, though, and I'm sure the appropriate people are listening.
Whether or not the language gets heated in this forum is up to the posters to decide, but I don't think anyone is trying to take anyone's food off of anyone's tables.
talli
