The following is parody - not Mabden's actual opinion. I can completely
understand keeping the goal of a news group to its specific purpose. I am
not a Microsoft zealot. Sorry for what is below. Regulars may want to avoid
reading the following. You have been warned.
John Harrison said:
At one point in its history this group was drowning in a flood of Windows
related questions which were getting asked and answered.
OMG! ...not That!
I'm glad y'all stopped the answering of questions! It turns out that answers
only lead to more questions! Stop it up front, preferably with a big stick,
and you don't get more o' them pesky questions!
it would have left no unmoderated group for people who are interested in C++
but not particularly interested in Windows. There are plenty of Windows
related groups, but only one unmoderated C++ language group. That is why
this group is stricter than most.
Stricter? As in Restricted...?
Then I guess it's lucky for y'all that MS has created C#. 95% of all MS
computer developers will move over there, and Windows topics WILL be on
topic.
<as it sinks in> Eeeeewwwwww....
;-)