Mike,

>>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 as skilled developers.
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>What does this have to do with what we were talking about?

If you look at the thread map you'll see that my reply was to message #727656 where Craig said "Some people have a problem with the UT because you run it as a business.". Get it now?
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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)).
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>Why exactly is that funny in the context of the message that you replied to?

Hopefully, from my lines above here, you now see what's "funny".

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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?
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>You may want to research this more before you make accusations like that.

It seems impossible to research, especially when the now generally parrotted (critics-wise)line is "as a business and need an account". That is so transparent as being phoney.