To me, it seemed that all the article was trying to do was slag off MAI and partners and make them look bad. The thing is, it is only validation, it said that in the annoucement. To me that says just exactly what your conclusion was. I dont see any missleading here, unless you at first interprtured the article incorrectly.
So as i agree with you conclusion (i though it was obvious) i dont agree with you saying that MAI as missleading. This is industry standard practice. Welcome to the big world of business....
That fact is, MAI are confident that theyire hardware is IBM compatible, so why not tell a few people about it? Its called marketing!
Anyway, i though the author did a fantastic job on research, its not too often you see articles on Amiga.org or any Amiga site that has obviously had that much effort put into it.
Good Job Targhan, i hope to see many more articles by you.