>So Compuserve is not a business?? Microsoft is not a business?? Even 'free' forums have ulterior motives, I should think, even if it is only to help to promote themselves.

You'll have to talk to those that express concerns about their reasons. You'll find several people on ProFox that don't like MS using the UT for things like the Wish List.

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>Funny that I've heard you and some others quickly defend MS' decisions and policies as being "good business decisions" or simply "business decisions" (implying that it was good (for them)).

I'm not saying using the UT is a bad idea. I would like to centralize the resources. IMO, the UT is a better location than my web site.

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>I wonder how much of the REAL 'problem' that "some people have" is really related to the explusion of some parties from the UT? My bet is that that is far closer to the truth and that the Wish List excuse is simply a more PC approach.
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There is some of that, but I heard complaints from people before the expulsions.