"How long can this last if one of the fundamentals—the value of its companies—remains stuck in neutral, with no one seemingly able to jam it back into gear?," asked SYS-CON West Coast Bureau Chief and International division leader Roger Strukhoff in a recent article.

Strukhoff wrote in his piece that although technology as a whole looked good in the abstract, the practical reality is that a true recovery has still not occurred.

Now SYS-CON Publishing Director Jeremy Geelan has begged to differ, calling out Strukhoff publicly in a recent article in which he points to the many positive developments in the technology world and saying that indeed a "bounce back" has occurred and is occurring.

Strukhoff responded in his blog, and it appears as if the battle lines have been drawn. An internal SYS-CON e-mail has revealed that Geelan recently told Strukhoff to “bring it on.” Geelan’s response to Strukhoff’s blog entry is expected any day. Stay tuned…