> Comes across quite passive aggressive indeed.

Oh so what. Tone arguments are the least interesting arguments (he says, passive aggressively). In seriousness though, this is a blunt assessment from an expert in the field. The tone is entirely appropriate.

> No good deed goes unpunished.

Akamai strongly implied that their patch protected customers. If you make that claim then you need to be prepared to have the claim attacked. This is an issue of good will toward their customers - not to the Open Source community.

This isn't a case of "punishing a good deed", it's a case of "critically examining a provider's claim to their customers".