>>Yep, Nick. In each joke there is a little bit of true. (÷ ËÁÖÄÏÊ ÛÕÔËÅ ÅÓÔØ ÄÏÌÑ ÛÕÔËÉ?) :) What do you think about collecting UT wisdom in some sort of written material? It would be a tough job, of course... But it probably would worth it.
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>And by the time it gets done, it'll be obsolete...
>...or maybe not - with the great level of compatibility with previous versions, these things wouldn't rot that fast.

More complicated approach, but more sophisticated:

create table UTadvices free (Content M, ThreadN I, MessageN I, ThreadDate T, userid I)
select * from threads for userid=EdRauhUSerID into cursor curEdRauh
select UTAdvices
append from dbf('curEdRauh')
select * from threads where userid=GeorgeTaskerUserID and threadN not in (select ThreadN from UTadvices) into cursor curGeorgeTasker
select UTAdvices
append from dbf('curGeorgeTasker')
select * from threads where userid=MikeHellandUserID and threadN not in (select ThreadN from UTadvices) into cursor curMikeHelland
select UTAdvices
append from dbf('curMikeHelland')
etc.

Then analyze this table and get rid off the unrelevant threads. (approximate time to analyze - 6-15 months :)) Publish a book in 10 parts. Get paid for it.
Divide earn money by number of contributors (in proportion of messages)+1 (your part)...

Be aware of VFP 2GB limit, so probably start from SQL Server...