This thread is so much reprensentative of the overall Progress mentality... retarded and outdated!
I have been a Progress developer for over 2 years now and trust me, it was not by choice because I think, unlike most members here, that the 4GL you seem to like so much is a totally retarded and outdated technology.
It's funny to see all you old members trying to convince reluctant people that Progress/OpenEdge is a good development tool when most of you don't even know any other languages or, if you do, you only had a glimpse at them.
I come to this forum once in a while when I'm looking for info but I must admit that I am quite disapointed most of the time. I either don't find what I'm looking for because of the lack of good search features or, if I do find a post of someone asking similarly the same question as I have, there's either no answer or the answer does not answer the question at all.
Tell me now why would I want to pay for something that is most of the time useless for me?
I am also managing a web site with a forum, nothing to do with software development, and even though it does cost me money to maintain it, I will NEVER ask my members to pay to use the site.
My feeling is that if you don't have the time or energy to maintain a site/forum, it's not by making people pay 29$ US that your interest will come back.
Either close the damn thing or hand over control to someone else!
My 2 canadian cents