Well, FWIW, NNTP protocol, which is what this newsgroup is based on is
much old, almost old as the internet itself. You may want to read a Wiki
on NNTP and realize that Microsoft was simply making available an avenue
to what then was popular and reliable protocol for disseminating
discussions. It looks like Microsoft formed the Microsoft.Public
newsgroups in 1994, which is before any reliable web forum software even
existed and the only other good place was AOL chatroom (?!)


JohnLute wrote:
Hi, Doug.

Well, then it seems to me that the *bigger* problem is poor planning. If I
were to initiate a fine forum like this (and it truly is fine) then I'd make
sure that I could actually ENFORCE the Rules of Conduct that people have been
asked to respect! Otherwise, why bother with any rules at all?

Personaly, I find the "info-attack" (I don't know what else to call it)
towards Steve far more disturbing than his trolling for $$$. It's downright
CREEPY. The fact that all of that effort goes for naught because ultimately,
the rules can't be enforced makes it more a travesty than anything.

Yikes!