Personally, I would like to see either a clarification or the scope, or a change of it. "IT Professionals" does not just mean Sys/Net Admin/Engineer. "IT Professional" to me includes Developers.
If we want "SysAds asking questions of SysAds", change the scope of the site to do so.
Yes, the crappy, clueless, and not-even-googled questions bother me, too. So I either vote, ignore, or close quickly.
Even though he and I disagree on some points, I'm sad to see Iain go, because I think that he is a good mod. But this site is supposed to be a community for helping people, and being rude and unhelpful doesn't get us anything; it kills the community. If you're frustrated, don't come by; that's not helpful.
Basically all of Why the hostility?