It was him trying to end all of the stories floating around caused by the private but public email. He didn't want the last word to be Yammer hates Scala and n

It was him trying to end all of the stories floating around caused by the private but public email. He didn't want the last word to be Yammer hates Scala and need's to jump ship. He thought it necessary to give a more balanced overview and provide subtext to the original message. I think he succeeded in doing this.