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Where to Get and Provide Support Besides MSDN

This article will serve as a reference of various technical non MS forums where people can ask questions and provide support. It will also discuss PROS and CONS of each forum in terms of user interface, traffic, availability of the experts in the area, etc.

UniversalThread

PROS:

Best interface among all other known programming forums (for the regulars of the forum).
Many talented participants who are regulars
Very responsive developer of the forum's interface
In addition to programming forums, has special Chatter forum where people may talk about everything from Politics and News to Sports and Jokes

CONS:

Certain features of the forum (including Search capabilities) are only available to paying members
Low traffic
Quite often the technical threads eventually turn into non-technical discussions

StackOverflow

PROS:

Usually high quality questions and answers
Many talented participants who are regulars

CONS:

Hard to engage in discussion
Impossible to ask additional clarifications if you're not an author of the original question - see, for example, this discussion - it is marked as answered, but I am still far from the solution