I'm trying not to jump to conclusions, just feeling out the space and trying to open up the discussion a bit. Not having as clear of a perspective as you guys, obviously, I'm just stating a few rogue opinions and trying to come up to speed, letting you know my current thoughts. I'm not married to many of them.
Text can be brutal as you don't get the intonation. Please read the above with a friendly/questioning tone rather than a confrontational one.
At the end of the day it isn't my project so I'm not about to start pushing my ideas; that said I'm really excited about it and have a bajillion questions, concerns, and little bumps I hit that I want to smooth out as much as is feasible. Obviously I won't understand all the barriers yet as I'm learning and I appreciate the 'well, duh' hand holding in the meantime.
FWIW I agree completely with you, the same applies to my emails :). No different tone came across to me (and I assume others) then good stuff. Keep it up! Eloy