"Peter Oliphant" <po*******@RoundTripInc.com> wrote in message
news:O3**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Ok, I can see that point of view. Then I would make the claim that people
need to be more tolerant about posting in newsgroups that aren't the
'perfect' one do post in. I don't know how many times I've seen "don't
post that here, there is a more specific one for that", when the newsgroup
at least looked like the appropriate place.
There is a fine line to walk here.
On the one hand, these groups are about giving help and it is not much help
to say "take a hike" as is the norm in usenet groups.
On the other, I for one would hate to see more than a little discussion here
of, say, COM or VB (two of _my_ least favorite topics) except of course for
questions on how to make use of them with my favorite language.
And questions on some topics - say extending an Office application with a
C++ widget - are likely to go unanswered here.
So, I try to point the OP gently to a more appropriate group when there is
one and offer a pointer to an online help topic if I have any clue so that
he doesn't go away empty handed.
And I keep the safety on my flame thrower _until_ I feel some heat. :-)
Just by the way, the group
microsoft.public.vc.languange
has a really eclectic bunch of regulars. The probability is high if there is
anything that you want to do in a C++ application that someone there has
already done it. It's not a bad place to throw the Hail Mary pass when you
have no other option. :-)
Regards,
Will