Hi Mike,

>No, I do not like the blatant marketing and advertising here. Call me a dinosaur but back in the old days, on Compuserve, it was verboten. Really more of an unspoken rule that was respected by all. There were posts every day by the likes of Tom Rettig, Alan Griver, Alan Schwartz, Lisa Slater, Tamar Granor, Jim Booth, Whil Hentzen, Calvin Hsia (pre-Microsoft), Randy Brown (ditto), Drew Speedie, Steve Black, Andy Neil, Karen Higgins, Dan Freeman, on and on. Every one of them had a commercial interest in FoxPro in one way or another but there was no overt marketing.

Marketing of DevTeach in threads come from PUTM and BUTM. Not me.

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>Were they not marketing in a sense? Of course they were. They demonstrated their expertise and fellow members bought their products or hired them as consultants. Still, there was a difference. 99% of their presence online was answering questions and hanging out with friends. Here on the UT it feels different. Craven commercialism is not discouraged (especially if you happen to be French-Canadian or a UT advertiser). There are some who actually have the Microsoft MVP distinction and don't answer a damn thing as far as I can see. They only show up here when they have a class or new release to sell. They are very capable developers, or so I hear. But just try to get a word out of them without the meter running.

I suggest you come to Montreal and see what it's all about!
French-Canadian is not a issue.