[HeyLaughingBoy]

I'm amazed that no one has suggested the most obvious answer: a lot of developers are just plain rude!

Even if you don't want to help someone, there's a polite way of wording it. Unfortunately a lot of people in the SW dev community haven't figured that out yet.

@Rayzar: They're under no obligation to help you, but at the same time they don't need to be unfriendly about it either.

[Jebdm]

I don't think it's limited to just developers. A lot of people are just plain rude.