Mornington Crescent,
Wow. Hope you feel better with that rant off your chest....
It must be said that I'm with you on the evangelists front, particularly the open source and/or free evangelists whose answer is that if it's not Linux, not Open Office, not free Anti-Virus .... then it's not any good. There's sufficiently wrong with their platforms (ranging from incompatibility upwards) for them to remember to perhaps keep schtum next time !
As for me, well, I know my replies on here are occasionally on the terse side. However they are always on the well intended side. The reason they might come across as harsh at times is that I'm still of working age, have a hectic schedule, and hence don't have much time to post here.
I also have far too much real-life experience of the IT and telecoms industries, both at home and in business, and so occasionally it seems fit for me to tell things as they are and to give a reality check as to what you should expect from anything from broadband providers to software developers.
You don't have to read my posts, I won't loose any sleep over it.
Oh, and I forgot to say.... If you don’t like it go elsewhere !