i will second (or third?) what rose/rick said.

i at first, offered to help the competitors and both turned a cold shoulder. this was when i was in my 'searching for something fun to code with' phase.

then along comes THIS forum and i did one mod for a customer.

and the clincher, right outta the box for me was the almost immediate response to my offer of help from rick to the effect of 'sure, that would be nice...' (paraphrase)..

that alone got me hooked. i now want to see this product succeed and kick arse..