> > I've worked with programmers that really didn't get involved with
> > "groups", but they could code the pants off of anyone. They just
> > choose to keep to themself.

> Hmmmm. How is it then that they learn and get new ideas?

'1001 Things You Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro' - co-authored by one Marcia Atkins - for example? ;-)

Usenet newsgroups can be read without registering anywhere; also, newsgroups and mailing lists give free choice of the client program and such a program can handle arbitrary numbers of them quickly and efficiently (I use Forté Agent for both). Web-based boards are much more cumbersome to use and participation is much more time-consuming, even if the board is an extremely nice and well-done one like UT.