CCT, I was just annoyed at another poster because he jumped to an incorrect conclusion about what my suggestion is about and then made a counterpoint that has nothing to do with it.
As for my suggestion, anyone can post in any forum/sub-forum on this site. It's not meant to exclude non-professionals, it more to generate disucssion about items that are important to some on this site, i.e. tech professionals, that is of little or no interest to others, i.e. non-professionals. For instance, I'm interested in discussing with others who run their own self-employed PC servicing business about how to generate more business. Well, to someone who is solely a computer hobbyist, that's of no interest. That's my point. Now if someone who's not a professional wants to join in, OK, just stay on topic and make sense. I have no problem with that. Then again, I can't see a non-professional being entertained by discussions that make no difference to him/her.
Anyhow, there is a subgroup in the membership that could use their own sub-forum to discussion items that are of interest to them.