Well, as the discussion was going on, I noticed on one post that the reply page said something to the effect of "this forum is moderated, your reply will not show until it is approved by the moderator" and it took until a day later for my reply to show up on the thread. I had never seen this reply on any other post on the forum. My posts on all other threads appear instantaneously on other threads.
Consequently, my last post to the said thread in question never did show up.
http://www.biztalkgurus.com/forums/thread/6847.aspx
So Stephen, hopefully you can understand the reasons for my suspicion. I was accused of being a frustrated Covast employee, among other things, which I am not. I am an EDI architect that has invested career time in a product that turned out to be a bust. My valid criticisms were met with derision and flat out misinformation from the Microsoft employee, and then I was apparently silenced on that thread. Forgive me if there is another explanation.
Also, FYI, Seroter embarrassed himself. He said on that thread that the upgrade from 2000 to 2002 was notably painful. What he should have said was 2002 to 2004. It is pretty shameful for someone who claims to have knowledge of the product prove himself to be such a rookie. There was other misinformation he spread also. To say that Microsoft never sold BizTalk as a full EDI solution is a flat out lie.
So why is there so much censoring and misinformation being spread on a web board claiming to be free and open?
– weak architect