Erik – It’s a little hard to tell if you are being tongue in cheek, sarcastic or whatever.
Tom is one of the most helpful voices on this forum and the official Adobe forum. Hundreds have benefited from his insight – especially myself (despite the fact that his avatar looks like David Hasselhoff).
I also have no desire to build a system from scratch – I’m too busy working! I need something ready to rock and roll so the original post is helpful.
My point is the dude is legit so chill out a little!