Obviously the incident isn’t “long forgotten” or this post would have had a different tone.

Mike, I’m flattered to hear that you like me, given that we’ve talked for all of two minutes at one of the early TechCrunch parties (the Riya coming out, if I recall). I’m stating to get the feeling that you think we know each other better than we actually do. Several times you’ve said I should have called you and talked to you about Zoho before pointing out your apparent flip. Next time I’d be happy to — but I’ll need your phone number first. Feel free to email it to me. You want to talk to me about my thoughts on you and Zoho, great. Call me. My number’s at the bottom of all my blog pages.

How about we bury this hatchet (or would that be hatcht… ) before this turns into an ugly feud. I’ll start:

I’m sorry you took offense. I didn’t intend to say you were taking money in return for reviews. I simply intended to point out the apparent flip flop and how one must be careful when saying pleasant things about advertisers.

And next time I’m at one of your parties, I’ll buy you a beer.