IMO what saaya is trying to get (not that is easy to understand with such amount of quotes ) is just a little explanation about why overclocking has been down-graded from other arquitectures.

I don't think he never meant to challenge the team behind SB, but he is just trying to understand the why. In a way he is like me, as we are not ok when we are told no unless they tell us why, because that way we understand the reason fully and are able to use it in another level and comprehend the reasons behind it.

Just my 2 cents.

PS: if Francois can't talk about that "why", he should just say so, aka "can't talk about why we did things the way we did but can assure you we had our reasons".