You did not read far enough!

"..... solicitations that do not pertain directly to the intended use and
purpose of the newsgroup or chat."

The rules were designed to keep people from advertising their T-Shirts with
dog pictures on them for sale in the newsgroup. Offering help to Access
users pertains directly to what the newsgroups are for. Look at how many
consultants directly advertise their services in the newsgroups in one way
or another. Additionally, look at how many advertisements there are in the
newsgroups for things that have absolutely nothing to do with Access. For
example, there's a frequent responder who advertises religious retreats in
his signature line.


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"mnature" wrote in message
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I found this under, well, Rules of Conduct. It starts with this statement,
and then has the next statement close to the end of the page (which is
probably why nobody gets far enough down to read it).

**********
Rules of conduct
We hope that you find the time you spend in Microsoft's Community Web
sites
to be useful and fun. To ensure that everyone has the best possible
experience, we've established a few guidelines.

Advertising/Solicitation: These communities were created as a forum for
providing peer-to-peer assistance on Microsoft products and services. We
ask
that you refrain from posting advertisements or solicitations that do not
pertain directly to the intended use and purpose of the newsgroup or chat.
**********

Now, I may be wrong on this, but peer-to-peer usually indicates a free
service provided between equals. Sometimes it is called professional
courtesy. I am the first one to applaud anyone who operates a programming
business, but this is simply the wrong place to advertise. If someone
directly asks for some names of people who do programming, then it would
be
appropriate to speak up about your company. Any other mention of your
company is completely out-of-line, and simply clutters up the forums.

Please show your professionalism and dignity, and refrain from this
inappropriate use of the forums.