The End Is Near

[Michael]

http://community.winsupersite.com/b...-transitioning-from-newsgroups-to-forums.aspx

I am so gonna miss trashing the morons and the lazy ba$tard$!!!

 

[milt]

http://community.winsupersite.com/b...-transitioning-from-newsgroups-to-forums.aspx


I am so gonna miss trashing the morons and the lazy ba$tard$!!!

Been saying this was going to happen for months. The big sign? When they
never made newsgroups for Windows 7.

 

[LD5SZRA]

Please make sure you post this crap on all newsgroups offered on
this planet so that it will keep you busy from abusing microsoft
customers.

hth

http://www.microsoft.com

I am so gonna miss trashing the morons and the lazy ba$tard$!!!

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[Bob I]

Actually, Microsoft is quite tolerant of ignorant points of view. You
really should try looking at what is posted there.

 

[LD5SZRA]

Please make sure you post this crap on all newsgroups offered on
this planet so that it will keep you busy from abusing microsoft
customers.

hth

http://www.microsoft.com

I am so gonna miss trashing the morons and the lazy ba$tard$!!!

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[Michael]

What's the matter, boy. Mummy didn't change your diaper this morning?

 

[DanS]

"making them vulnerable to spam and other usability
issues."

LOL meaning microsoft cant administrate what is said in
newsgroups.. for example

that VISTA IS THE MOST HORRIBLE OS in the galaxy

What about these........

'Newsgroups run on an outdated and discontinued platform that is
no longer supported'.

'Forums are also moderated by Microsoft to ensure content is
accurate and to encourage richer conversations.'

 

[LD5SZRA]

Microsoft will close the newsgroups but like everything on this
planet, there is always a way to do the same thing in the same
way. For example, I am able to read forums in my Mozilla
newsreader (but you can use anything like OE, WLM or anything you
may think of). The only thing you need is NNTP Bridge from your
tried and tested source - MICROSOFT. The link is here:

<http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/content/content.aspx?ContentID=13820>

Microsoft likes using connectors for almost everything these days
- Outlook Connector, NNTP Connector, next you will get Office
Connector and SQL Server Connector! It is all about connectors
connectors and more connectors

HTH

Been saying this was going to happen for months. The big sign? When they
never made newsgroups for Windows 7.

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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

cf. http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx

 

[Michael]

Q: How is Microsoft closing newsgroups in phases?

A: Microsoft is posting notices in newsgroups that will be closed well in
advance of closure dates. We will begin with newsgroups with the least
active number of users and posts, and by mid-2010, will move to more active
newsgroups that have a higher volume of posts and users.



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"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."

 

[Low Dong]

This will help keep retards like Alias and Mr. Baracuda away.

 

[Kevin John Panzke]

MICROSOFT SHOULD BE HIT WITH AN ANTI-TRUST LAWSUIT, IN MY OPINION! I
NOW WILL HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING ONLINE SUPPORT, AS I HAVE ALREADY BEEN
BANNED FROM THEIR FORUMS! JUST FYI!

 

[Peter Foldes]

Copied from post by (e-mail address removed) in the public.test.here newsgroup

<snip>

Date 5/4/2010
Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively closing down the
Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in the rapidly-growing forum
platform. This decision is in response to worldwide market trends and evolving
customer needs.

Microsoft continues to invest in forums to reduce customer effort, consolidate
community venues and make it easier for active contributors to retain their
influence. Forums provide a healthy community environment with less spam and make
answers easier to find by customers and search engines. Additionally, forums offer
a better user and off-topic management platform that will improve customer
satisfaction by facilitating discussions in a clean space.

We understand that some newsgroups are still active, and important to the community.
In the coming days and weeks, we will be rolling out tools and resources to minimize
disruption to the community discussions.

We are working diligently on providing additional resources and information in local
languages later this week. In the meantime, please refer to the official Microsoft
Newsgroup website http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx
concerning this issue. The Microsoft Newsgroup website will be made available in
additional languages in the next few days.

<end snip>
--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[LD5SZRA]

Just change your name to Daphne, Peter Foldes' daughter who works
for him in his escort agency and massage parlour.

hth

MICROSOFT SHOULD BE HIT WITH AN ANTI-TRUST LAWSUIT, IN MY OPINION! I
NOW WILL HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING ONLINE SUPPORT, AS I HAVE ALREADY BEEN
BANNED FROM THEIR FORUMS! JUST FYI!

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[Canuck57]

http://community.winsupersite.com/b...-transitioning-from-newsgroups-to-forums.aspx


I am so gonna miss trashing the morons and the lazy ba$tard$!!!

Microsoft wants a medium in which it can censor and control. Sign of
the times. News groups will live on despite the Microsofts. In fact, I
am aware of one sizable effort to assure that they remain open as people
are also sick and tired of ego maniac private boards for the same
reason. Appease the master or get censored.

I am sure this will just move to an alt or comp tree. No big.
Thunderbird works on MS-Windows and without MS-Windows....and has far f
ewer bugs than the Live and other junk, espcially with gmail and other
imap/pop3 bases.

Just one less reason to use MS-Windows.

 

[Greg Russell]

In

What about these........

'Newsgroups run on an outdated and discontinued platform that is
no longer supported'.

"No longer supported" by M$ of course, which has their collective head up
their asses to think that the NNTP protocol is a particular "platform". The
world-wide distributed NNTP servers include every possible OS platform
imaginable.

'Forums are also moderated by Microsoft to ensure content is
accurate and to encourage richer conversations.'

| sed -e 's|moderated|arbitrarily censored|' \
-e 's|content is accurate|propoganda is as intended|' \
-e 's|conversations|M$ revenue streams|'

 

[Greg Russell]

In

so we have a limited time to insult vista .....

M$ Vista was named as one of "The Top Ten Technological Disasters of the
21st Century" (so far, at least) in a recent Yahoo! news article, voted as
such by the overwhelming majority of computing and technology news editors
in the world that contributed to the vote.

 

[LD5SZRA]

I guess removing Newsgroup support would surpass that! And also
not supporting IE9 on Windows XP would give rivals an excellent
opportunity to catch up!

hth

M$ Vista was named as one of "The Top Ten Technological Disasters of the
21st Century" (so far, at least) in a recent Yahoo! news article, voted as
such by the overwhelming majority of computing and technology news editors
in the world that contributed to the vote.

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[Bob I]

In


M$ Vista was named as one of "The Top Ten Technological Disasters of the
21st Century" (so far, at least) in a recent Yahoo! news article, voted as
such by the overwhelming majority of computing and technology news editors
in the world that contributed to the vote.

http://www.zdnet.com/news/the-top-10-it-disasters-of-all-time/177729

 

[Frank Drew Leyda]

I don't have an opinion about Newsgroups versa Forums but

Microsoft continues to invest in forums to reduce customer effort,
consolidate community venues and make it easier for active contributors to
retain their influence. Forums provide a healthy community environment
with less spam and make answers easier to find by customers and search
engines.

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Why less spam and easier to find....... ?

Additionally, forums offer a better user and off-topic management platform
that will improve customer > satisfaction by facilitating discussions in a
clean space.

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What do they mean by a "clean space" ?