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From: Mike Williams on 5 May 2010 14:09 "Paul Clement" <UseAdddressAtEndofMessage(a)swspectrum.com> wrote in message news:28q2u5l6tn7h7npgtm3us5s5an5281pfik(a)4ax.com... > Try jumping to the web forums instead: > http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/visualbasic Why don't you try jumping off a cliff, Clement. All those forums at the link you posted specifically state they are not for VB6. You are a waste of good bandwidth, Clement, and (as usual) you are about as useful as a chocolate teapot. Why don't you just pack it all in and take up something you might be good at, perhaps doing something with sheep. Mike
From: Mike Williams on 5 May 2010 14:11 "Paul Clement" <UseAdddressAtEndofMessage(a)swspectrum.com> wrote in message news:mc73u5prsen3ksgtkk627barg42m35ipkr(a)4ax.com... > . . but I believe it would be of value to others who are seriously > interested in contributing. Well that lets you out, Clement. You are a waste of good bandwidth and about as useful as a chocolate teapot! Mike
From: Cor Ligthert[MVP] on 5 May 2010 14:19 "Mike Williams" <Mike(a)WhiskeyAndCoke.com> wrote in message news:OqjDz5H7KHA.2220(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "Paul Clement" <UseAdddressAtEndofMessage(a)swspectrum.com> wrote in message > news:mc73u5prsen3ksgtkk627barg42m35ipkr(a)4ax.com... > >> . . but I believe it would be of value to others who are seriously >> interested in contributing. > > Well that lets you out, Clement. You are a waste of good bandwidth and > about as useful as a chocolate teapot! > I'm full respect of those who despite of you and some of your friends were able to keep this newsgroup in the air.
From: dpb on 5 May 2010 14:23 Mike Williams wrote: .... > I tried some of the free servers, news.aioe.org and others, years ago and I > was not very happy with any of them. ... I'd suggest giving them a go again before throwing in the towel entirely. I've been using new.eternal-september.org for over a year and don't see anything to dislike (other than retention period, perhaps, but one can always take other alternatives if need be for that purpose). There are also several quite inexpensive if not free newsservers that aren't but a few US$ or euros/year. Not entirely free, but certainly not onerous. I suppose the thing to do is to watch and see what happens; if the MS-named groups do disappear from the mirror servers the comp.* hierarchy would be the obvious place; otherwise I see no reason to switch groups just because the originating server array dies--that's the strongpoint of usenet that counteracts the weakness of the multiple datastores. Other vendors have, as noted elsewhere in the thread have tried similar ploys w/ usenet support by creating internal web interfaces and try to coerce users to their portal--The Mathworks, vendors of Matlab and it's myriad of addon toolboxes, Simulink, etc., etc., ... are the prime example of one I know and follow. It seems that the newbies go the web interface while most of the long-term users stick w/ the newsreaders and usenet. TMW has at least heeded the feedback from these users that are the backbone of such a major portion of their technical support they get for essentially free and have not moved from usenet as the format, though, which is certainly kudos to them in my book. --
From: Karl E. Peterson on 5 May 2010 14:37
Bob Butler wrote: > "Karl E. Peterson" <karl(a)exmvps.org> wrote... >> The final insult they had left to deliver... >> >> Q: When will this transition be complete? >> >> A: Microsoft is closing newsgroups in phases and anticipates completing >> this by Fall 2010. >> >> Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx > > I like "make it easier for contributors to retain their influence" and > 'Perhaps most appealing is the notion that "we own the app"'. It was that "own the app" part that *really* got to me, too. Also, this: "Microsoft Administrators can help keep the community relevant by banning users, bulk deleting spam and helping to organize the forums so they are more discoverable." If they can make something _more_ discoverable, that certainly implies the inverse is also true, right? Bucking Fastards! -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org |