Stephen,

>In my years here I have not really seen an M$ presence and when pressed up against the wall M$ folks are like cockroaches. {run away}

All you have to do is look at the "Users online" regularly, and you'll see Robert, Randy, and Ricardo fairly often. Of course, Garrett, Mike Stewart and DaveK have posted here very consistently.

So, your comment about the M$ presence here is off-base, IMO. Now, on the subject of directly answering the hard questions -- that's a horse of a different color (note that I chose a different animal for my example). :-)

However, to be fair, Robert has jumped in with a few clarifications now and then. I'd like to see that again, right about now.