Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community
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From: nntp on 21 Jun 2010 02:08 What is Happening? This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums. Why? As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging a healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology and discontinue support for newsgroups. In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown? All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased approach, starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more active ones throughout the course of the next six months. Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite you to participate at http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx Who Should I Contact with any Questions? Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to NNTP(a)microsoft.com
From: R. C. White on 21 Jun 2010 12:57 Hi, 64-bit Gang. > Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? > Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. OK. The other shoe has dropped: We'll lose this newsgroup on July 1. That much is clear. > we would like to invite you to participate at > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers > forum(s) This part is NOT so clear. That URL is the "generic" one that sends us to the haystack, where we can search for a needle that looks good to us. :>( That URL gets us to the top of the Microsoft Answers forums. There we can choose from 5 forums each for Win7, Vista and WinXP. NO MENTION of 64-bit - which transcends all three Windows versions, of course. And the choices are HIGHLY generic. All 3 menus include Desktop and Personalization; Hardware and Drivers; Performance and Maintenance; and Install, Upgrade and Activate. Win7 and WinXP also include Programs; Vista offers Gaming. Which of those options may be something that we can converge on? RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc(a)grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64) <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message news:urpUugQELHA.3344(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > What is Happening? > This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing > newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums. > > Why? > As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the > traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the > past several years while customers and participants are increasingly > finding > solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. > This > move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it > easier > for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies > and > make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through > improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam > management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging > a > healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft > will > begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology > and discontinue support for newsgroups. > > In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those > users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the > newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge > which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the > forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP > reader > functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up > the > NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ > > Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown? > All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and > October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased > approach, > starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more > active ones throughout the course of the next six months. > > > Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? > Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. > > In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is > scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite > you to participate at > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers > forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. > Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to > http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx > > Who Should I Contact with any Questions? > Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to > NNTP(a)microsoft.com
From: Maratonmannen on 21 Jun 2010 13:15 July 1, it�s only 10 days left. :( Where to go after that? Maratonmannen "R. C. White" <rc(a)grandecom.net> skrev i meddelandet news:F8EC409C-6505-4CC1-A14A-9FCD674DCFCC(a)microsoft.com... > Hi, 64-bit Gang. > >> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? >> Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. > R. C. White, CPA > San Marcos, TX > rc(a)grandecom.net > Microsoft Windows MVP > Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64) > > <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:urpUugQELHA.3344(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >> What is Happening? >> This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin >> discontinuing >> newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums. >> >> Why? >> As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the >> traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the >> past several years while customers and participants are increasingly >> finding >> solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. >> This >> move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it >> easier >> for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies >> and >> make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through >> improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam >> management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by >> encouraging a >> healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft >> will >> begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology >> and discontinue support for newsgroups. >> >> In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those >> users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the >> newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge >> which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the >> forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP >> reader >> functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up >> the >> NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ >> >> Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown? >> All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and >> October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased >> approach, >> starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more >> active ones throughout the course of the next six months. >> >> >> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? >> Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. >> >> In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is >> scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite >> you to participate at >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers >> forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are >> finalized. >> Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx >> >> Who Should I Contact with any Questions? >> Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to >> NNTP(a)microsoft.com >
From: Carlos on 21 Jun 2010 19:04 High time for asking Dalai Lama about re-incarnation. Maybe he can tell us where we will be born again!. :) Seriously speaking, I am deeply worried that this specific comunity, built with such a hard effort of everybody is at the verge of extinction. Like, E.L.I. in "Deep Impact". For the moment, my main concern is Argentina vs Greece tomorrow. Carlos "Maratonmannen" wrote: > July 1, it´s only 10 days left. :( > Where to go after that? > > Maratonmannen > > > "R. C. White" <rc(a)grandecom.net> skrev i meddelandet > news:F8EC409C-6505-4CC1-A14A-9FCD674DCFCC(a)microsoft.com... > > Hi, 64-bit Gang. > > > >> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? > >> Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. > > > > R. C. White, CPA > > San Marcos, TX > > rc(a)grandecom.net > > Microsoft Windows MVP > > Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64) > > > > <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:urpUugQELHA.3344(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> > >> What is Happening? > >> This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin > >> discontinuing > >> newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums. > >> > >> Why? > >> As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the > >> traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the > >> past several years while customers and participants are increasingly > >> finding > >> solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. > >> This > >> move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it > >> easier > >> for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies > >> and > >> make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through > >> improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam > >> management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by > >> encouraging a > >> healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft > >> will > >> begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology > >> and discontinue support for newsgroups. > >> > >> In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those > >> users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the > >> newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge > >> which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the > >> forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP > >> reader > >> functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up > >> the > >> NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/ > >> > >> Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown? > >> All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and > >> October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased > >> approach, > >> starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more > >> active ones throughout the course of the next six months. > >> > >> > >> Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? > >> Effective July 1, 2010, this newsgroup will be closed. > >> > >> In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is > >> scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite > >> you to participate at > >> http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/group/WindowsAnswers > >> forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are > >> finalized. > >> Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to > >> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx > >> > >> Who Should I Contact with any Questions? > >> Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to > >> NNTP(a)microsoft.com > > > . >
From: Steve Foster on 22 Jun 2010 08:09
Carlos wrote: > High time for asking Dalai Lama about re-incarnation. > Maybe he can tell us where we will be born again!. > :) > Seriously speaking, I am deeply worried that this specific comunity, > built with such a hard effort of everybody is at the verge of > extinction. Like, E.L.I. in "Deep Impact". > For the moment, my main concern is Argentina vs Greece tomorrow. I'm posting to the group using Eternal September. I don't expect it to go anywhere on July 1, just because Microsoft drop it from msnews.microsoft.com. Go visit www.eternal-september.org to get yourselves a free account (but not all at once!), and then this newsgroup can live on forever... -- Steve Foster For SSL Certificates, Domains, etc, visit.: https://netshop.virtual-isp.net |