Thanks.
Yeah, the guys who thought I was an MS fanboy (what?) or a "commie" (What?!) were a riot sometimes. Even better were those who knew I was neither and just thought I was being paid by someone who was, err, maybe in the Linux community or something, to trash MS (WHAT?!).
I have my own opinions about which writers are worth anything at TR, of course -- and I suspect there's some overlap with your list.
I didn't think I was anything spectacular, myself. I thought I was maybe the second best contributor for TR, but only because the competition was so tough -- and TR's contributors were even better than most sites' writers.