http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tmeston/archive/2003/12/07/41868.aspxSo yesterday Frans Bouma posted his concern about weblogs.asp.net becoming less of a .NET community site and instead a pulpit for MS employees (as a result of all the GotDotNet bloggers moving here) and wondered if it's still appopriate to criticize Microsoften-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tmeston/archive/2003/12/07/41868.aspx#41970Mon, 08 Dec 2003 08:57:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:41970Eric Hill&quot;namely his own interest in a product&quot; <br> <br>Yes, a product he decided to develop long after the microsoft product was announced.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tmeston/archive/2003/12/07/41868.aspx#41969Mon, 08 Dec 2003 08:45:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:41969Frans BoumaMatthew, it's more than that, but I've decided to stay for now :)<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/tmeston/archive/2003/12/07/41868.aspx#41888Sun, 07 Dec 2003 21:40:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:41888matthewI think Frans is a special case, as he has said that he has serious issues with Microsoft and he believes they are anti-competitive, because of very personal circumstances, namely his own interest in a product he is suggesting will be made redundant by Whidbey. <br> <br>I don't think that he is representative of most people, because of his own particular situation.<div style="clear:both;"></div>