I had a private email exchange with him some time back (initiated by him not me). He seemed genuinely concerned about how his posts were being perceived and that he was just a hobbyist who is very enthusiastic about Vegas Movie Studio and he is focused on low cost / free tools for producing web video.
I reminded him that, while it's OK to bring different points of view to the conversation, we all need to be sure that we make our various points in a respectful manner. Since no one here was complaining I thought we'd see where it goes.
Since someone was offended, I'm glad Ron, that you stepped in to make things right. Sometimes it's hard to judge where someone is coming from but I agree that the posts were getting far off topic.
~jr
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