My impression from having followed Winer's blog since slightly before the time he and Adam Curry bootstrapped podcasting, is that Scoble and Winer go way, way b

My impression from having followed Winer's blog since slightly before the time he and Adam Curry bootstrapped podcasting, is that Scoble and Winer go way, way back, and were (presumably still are?) real-life (not merely digital) friends. So, factor that in. I would bet Winer is basically on your side, fwiw.