Hi,

Assuming that Microsoft does not listen to their users (surprise) and they
do shut down this forum on June 1st, can anyone suggest other forums?

This forum has been a GREAT source of information and it will be so sad to
see Microsoft close it.


--
Dennis

UtterAccess.com
--
Milton Purdy
ACCESS
State of Arkansas


"Dennis" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Assuming that Microsoft does not listen to their users (surprise) and they
> do shut down this forum on June 1st, can anyone suggest other forums?
>
> This forum has been a GREAT source of information and it will be so sad to
> see Microsoft close it.
>
>
> --
> Dennis

I've been away for awhile and not up to date on
the demise of Access forums. All forums? Or,
just selected ones?
Bill


"Dennis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CA1E4796-3CA8-4101-89A4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Assuming that Microsoft does not listen to their users (surprise) and they
> do shut down this forum on June 1st, can anyone suggest other forums?
>
> This forum has been a GREAT source of information and it will be so sad to
> see Microsoft close it.
>
>
> --
> Dennis

I think there is already some migration to the comp.lang.* heirarchy by the
VBers and there is some activity in the comp.databases.ms-access NG. There
is no reason Access users cannot utiilze these existing NGs as a landing
spot.




"Dennis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CA1E4796-3CA8-4101-89A4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Assuming that Microsoft does not listen to their users (surprise) and they
> do shut down this forum on June 1st, can anyone suggest other forums?
>
> This forum has been a GREAT source of information and it will be so sad to
> see Microsoft close it.
>
>
> --
> Dennis

Thanks.

I hate web-based forums, but I guess they're better than
nothing.


"Mike B" <mDotByerley@VerizonDottieNettie> wrote in message
news:e9LYz1e$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I think there is already some migration to the comp.lang.* heirarchy by the
>VBers and there is some activity in the comp.databases.ms-access NG. There
>is no reason Access users cannot utiilze these existing NGs as a landing
>spot.
>
>
>
>
> "Dennis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:CA1E4796-3CA8-4101-89A4-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Assuming that Microsoft does not listen to their users (surprise) and
>> they
>> do shut down this forum on June 1st, can anyone suggest other forums?
>>
>> This forum has been a GREAT source of information and it will be so sad
>> to
>> see Microsoft close it.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dennis
>
>

"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eiLxFAf$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks.
>
> I hate web-based forums, but I guess they're better than
> nothing.
>

I was indicating that others, also not especially liking web-based forums
were also seeking safe haven in existing usenet heirarchies.

> "Mike B" <mDotByerley@VerizonDottieNettie> wrote in message
> news:e9LYz1e$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I think there is already some migration to the comp.lang.* heirarchy by
>>the VBers and there is some activity in the comp.databases.ms-access NG.
>>There is no reason Access users cannot utiilze these existing NGs as a
>>landing spot.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Dennis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:CA1E4796-3CA8-4101-89A4-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Assuming that Microsoft does not listen to their users (surprise) and
>>> they
>>> do shut down this forum on June 1st, can anyone suggest other forums?
>>>
>>> This forum has been a GREAT source of information and it will be so sad
>>> to
>>> see Microsoft close it.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dennis
>>
>>
>
>

Thanks Marsh,
I'm glad you described things as you did, as I do have ready
access to an ISP news server and will subscribe to the various
Access NGs there. If MS shuts down their NG server, as I
gather they're about to, I hope others will have the same
opportunity that I do.
Bill


"Marshall Barton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dennis wrote:
>>Assuming that Microsoft does not listen to their users (surprise) and they
>>do shut down this forum on June 1st, can anyone suggest other forums?
>>
>>This forum has been a GREAT source of information and it will be so sad to
>>see Microsoft close it.
>
>
> You know, I don't think Microsoft can close down a
> newsgroup. They can take their servers out of the internet,
> but the newsgroups should continue to exist on many other
> news servers. I plan on continuing to use them just to see
> what happens (and put off the bleep web based forum thingie
> as long as I can).
>
> If you were connecting directly to the MS servers, then you
> would have to find another news server to connect to. That
> may or may not be a problem for some or many folks, but I
> have always connected to the news service available from my
> ISP (who contracts it out to giganews).
>
> The big question is how many folks will be bothered to do
> that instead of bowing to MS and switching to the web based
> junk.
>
> --
> Marsh
> MVP [MS Access]

Bill wrote:
> I've been away for awhile and not up to date on
> the demise of Access forums. All forums? Or,
> just selected ones?
> Bill
>
>

It may be all but the message was not all that clear.
If 50 or so groups land on
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...essdev/threads at one time
it should be fun to watch.

"Marshall Barton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dennis wrote:
>>Assuming that Microsoft does not listen to their users (surprise) and they
>>do shut down this forum on June 1st, can anyone suggest other forums?
>>
>>This forum has been a GREAT source of information and it will be so sad to
>>see Microsoft close it.
>
>
> You know, I don't think Microsoft can close down a
> newsgroup. They can take their servers out of the internet,
> but the newsgroups should continue to exist on many other
> news servers. I plan on continuing to use them just to see
> what happens (and put off the bleep web based forum thingie
> as long as I can).

There has been some discussion in the VB groups about this.
If MS issues an authenticated rmgroup command and it is honored by others,
it will remove the MS heirarchies from those servers.

Time will tell.

> If you were connecting directly to the MS servers, then you
> would have to find another news server to connect to. That
> may or may not be a problem for some or many folks, but I
> have always connected to the news service available from my
> ISP (who contracts it out to giganews).
>
> The big question is how many folks will be bothered to do
> that instead of bowing to MS and switching to the web based
> junk.
>
> --
> Marsh
> MVP [MS Access]

If your ISP no longer provides a news server, get one -- I'm using
news.individual.net, operated by the Free University of Berlin -- solid,
stable, and inexpensive (10 euros a year); there are also other for-fee, and
many for-free servers (Eternal September is one free one that is often
recommended). See you in comp.databases.ms-access... many MVPs and other
knowledgeable developers answer questions there.

Traffic there is lower than what it once was, but I expect it to pick up
when Microsoft shuts down their support of these newsgroups.

"social.answers.microsoft.com" is Microsoft's suggestion. Doesn't seem very
appealing to me, judging from feedback I read about it.

--
Larry Linson, Microsoft Office Access MVP
Co-author: "Microsoft Access Small Business Solutions", published by Wiley
Access newsgroup support is alive and well in USENET
comp.databases.ms-access


"Dennis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CA1E4796-3CA8-4101-89A4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Assuming that Microsoft does not listen to their users (surprise) and they
> do shut down this forum on June 1st, can anyone suggest other forums?
>
> This forum has been a GREAT source of information and it will be so sad to
> see Microsoft close it.
>
>
> --
> Dennis