Request for Microsoft MVP's and/or alt.config to create SP related group

[Trevor]

Since there seems to be an avid following of Vista SP1 and in most
likeliness, will continue for future Service Pack releases, I hereby
request/suggest another NG be created to stop the cluttering of SP
related articles inundating this one. I suggest the following:

"microsoft.public.windows.vista.service-packs"

Considering the fact that Microsoft has agreed to offer FREE Tech
support for SP1 until 2009, it seems it may be prudent to create such
a NG.

Thanks for your consideration.





Respectfully,

Trev

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Trevor,

Microsoft's trend in relation to the creation of newsgroups is such that
they are going away from product specific groups. This group is a perfectly
good place for SP1 (and SP2, 3, etc.) issues as they are directly related to
the subject matter of the group. The SP1 chatter will die down soon enough.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[kurttrail]

Hi Trevor,

Microsoft's trend in relation to the creation of newsgroups is such that
they are going away from product specific groups. This group is a
perfectly good place for SP1 (and SP2, 3, etc.) issues as they are
directly related to the subject matter of the group. The SP1 chatter
will die down soon enough.

Actually the horror show for SP1 hasn't even really started. Wait until
SP1 is push out via Auto Update.

It will make this last week seem like a dream.


--
Peace!
Kurt
Former Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Since there seems to be an avid following of Vista SP1 and in most
likeliness, will continue for future Service Pack releases, I hereby
request/suggest another NG be created to stop the cluttering of SP
related articles inundating this one. I suggest the following:

"microsoft.public.windows.vista.service-packs"

Considering the fact that Microsoft has agreed to offer FREE Tech
support for SP1 until 2009, it seems it may be prudent to create such
a NG.

MVPs don't get to create Microsoft's newsgroups. But regarding your
suggestion, I'm personally against it. In my experience every time a
newsgroup gets split into two newsgroup, instead of separating the
traffic what it accomplishes is just an *increase* of traffic.

That's because many people will post in both the newsgroups, rather
the most suitable one. And since many people do that the wrong way--by
multiposting instead of crossposting--overall traffic grows, and often
substantially.