I appreciate your concern and promise that I and the rest of the gang here won't use this approach often. I locked it not because I was bored, but because the discussion had become less productive as it went on. If locking it will spawn additional more specific threads that help point our way to improvements, then the locking served a good purpose.
I'll ask James and Bruce to drill into more detail on the specific improvements they're working on. I have a few forum names to shorten. :)

Jim Minatel
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Wiley Technology Publishing
WROX Press