Where is the list of News Groups......what happened to them???

[Docster]

Can anyone tell me what happened to the selection of news groups e.g.,
Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Word, Power Point, Outlook, etc. for
WinXP?
I just came back to the News.Microsoft.Com and most of what I am use to
seeing is gone.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Can anyone tell me what happened to the selection of news groups e.g.,
Internet Explorer, Outlook Express, Word, Power Point, Outlook, etc. for
WinXP?
I just came back to the News.Microsoft.Com and most of what I am use to
seeing is gone.

They are being removed from the MS servers.

Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Communities
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx

Newsgroups removed as of June 1, 2010
http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/06/05/closin-the-nntp.aspx

You can still access the groups on some non-MS servers such as Eternal
September, but how long the quality of questions and replies lasts is
unknown.

Eternal September
http://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html

The replacement forums.

Microsoft Answers - First Time Users
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

 

[Greg Russell]

I just came back to the News.Microsoft.Com and most of what I am use to
seeing is gone.

Get a professional-quality news server such as http://individual.net rather
than that cheap M$ crap for the sheep that's trying to herd them into the
brainwashing of the web forums.

 

[Nick L. Odeon]

: :
: > I just came back to the News.Microsoft.Com and most of what I am use to
: > seeing is gone.
:
: Get a professional-quality news server such as http://individual.net
rather
: than that cheap M$ crap for the sheep that's trying to herd them into the
: brainwashing of the web forums.

Won't make much difference since there are few postings and replies on the
MS newsgroups anymore. People are migrating.
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[Docster]

Nick,
Would you care to elaborate a little on "migrating". Does this mean the are
using other operating systems and no longer engaged with Microsoft or
windows and windows based problems?
Sorry if this question is elementary.
Docster




: :
: > I just came back to the News.Microsoft.Com and most of what I am use to
: > seeing is gone.
:
: Get a professional-quality news server such as http://individual.net
rather
: than that cheap M$ crap for the sheep that's trying to herd them into the
: brainwashing of the web forums.

Won't make much difference since there are few postings and replies on the
MS newsgroups anymore. People are migrating.
:
:

 

[Uke A. Liptus]

They are migrating (moving) to the new web based forums:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
: Nick,
: Would you care to elaborate a little on "migrating". Does this mean the
are
: using other operating systems and no longer engaged with Microsoft or
: windows and windows based problems?
: Sorry if this question is elementary.
: Docster
:
:
:
: :
: :: ::
:: > I just came back to the News.Microsoft.Com and most of what I am use to
:: > seeing is gone.
::
:: Get a professional-quality news server such as http://individual.net
: rather
:: than that cheap M$ crap for the sheep that's trying to herd them into the
:: brainwashing of the web forums.
:
: Won't make much difference since there are few postings and replies on the
: MS newsgroups anymore. People are migrating.
::
::
:
:
:

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Have you read
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx???

 

[Greg Russell]

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Won't make much difference since there are few postings and replies
on the MS newsgroups anymore. People are migrating.

Indeed ... to Linux.

 

[Bob I]

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Indeed ... to Linux.

Actually they are abandoning Linux AGAIN!

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=9

 

[Alias]

Actually they are abandoning Linux AGAIN!

Define "they".

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=9

Percentages are misleading as you aren't figuring in the fact that more
machines are sold each month and the quantity of OSes is more for all
OSes. Nor are you figuring in the fact that most laptops and name brand
desktops come with Windows 7 preinstalled which indicates that people
are being forced to use Windows unless they are tech savvy enough to
know how to install Linux and, as you well know, most people aren't. In
short, you're misleading at best and a lying weasel at worst.