Frank said:
Since the very beginning. See [
http://www.slack.net/~shiva/welcome.txt].
Every time someone asks "What is the best documentation tool?" or
"What is the best cross-platform GUI library?", he gets valid answers
That is incorrect.
Oh, really?
How about
http://tinyurl.com/mmnx
http://tinyurl.com/mmo1
http://tinyurl.com/mmoa
Occasionally some people answer an off-topic question. That doesn't make
the questions on-topic, it just means both the question and answer are
off-topic.
If the person had said something like, "I'm sorry for the off-topic
post, but I haven't been able to find a good answer to this and I hope
someone here who has experience with these can help me," then I would
have ignored the message. He gave no indication that he knew or cared
that his message was off-topic, or that he had bothered to 1) try to
find out what is topical before posting, 2) tried to find an answer
himself, 3) checked for a welcome message of FAQ for the group before
posting, 4) read several messages before posting. 1 through 4 are common
usenet courtesy. He showed no respect for the group, so I don't feel a
particular need to show respect for him. I did point him to a useful
document, however, which is more than his post deserved.
-Kevin