A replacement for about-to-be-closed NGs
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From: Bob O`Bob on 25 May 2010 02:30 Mark McGinty wrote: > > Interesting... to be fair I don't know that much about NNTP infrastructure, > but I would've assumed the mirrors wouldn't be able to continue without the > source. Nobody needs to care about the ones with "microsoft" in the group names. We have always had a "home" in the comp.* heierarchy. Bob Ex-MVP for Classic VB --
From: Mike Williams on 25 May 2010 02:52 "Bob O`Bob" <filterbob(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote in message news:htfqq1$5jk$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Nobody needs to care about the ones with "microsoft" in > the group names. We have always had a "home" in the > comp.* heierarchy. Bob > Ex-MVP for Classic VB Agreed. That's where I'm going next week (on 1st June as suggested by some others). This group, and any other Micro$oft group or forum, is finished for me then. Mike Ex-MVP for Classic VB
From: Mark McGinty on 25 May 2010 09:24 "dpb" <none(a)non.net> wrote in message news:htc0qg$1fp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Mark McGinty wrote: > ... >> In hopes of filling the void that will be left by these pending closures, >> I've added a section to a forum I created a couple of years ago, >> www.deprecatethis.com. ... as a >> replacement -- of course it isn't a news group, but at least the >> questions >> we used to post in these newsgroups will be on-topic. Another plus is >> that the site admin (that would be me) will be highly receptive to >> suggestions, making this a chance to shape a new community. >> > For ms.p.vb.g.d group it appears the consensus is to move to existing > comp.lang.basic.visual.misc newsgroup. Most of these groups wouldn't be > terribly off-topic if at all there and until there's sufficient traffic to > generate the need, I see no reason for anything else. I forgot to say... That's all good for VB6, but what about the other various "classic" technologies, like ADO and ASP? -MM > And, of course, it's still to be determined whether the mirrored sites > will cease to carry the msnews hierarchies they're currently mirroring > just because MS pulls the plug on their servers. > > ... > >> I understand the preference for NNTP over web-based forums, but >> unfortunately I lack the means to host an NNTP server, this is all I have >> to >> offer, so... Please consider yourself invited to join. > > ... > > Don't have any problem w/ the invitation but it doesn't seem necessary to > give up on usenet over the withdrawal of MS from participating > (fortunately).
From: dpb on 25 May 2010 10:14 Mark McGinty wrote: > "dpb" <none(a)non.net> wrote in message > news:htc0qg$1fp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... .... >> For ms.p.vb.g.d group it appears the consensus is to move to existing >> comp.lang.basic.visual.misc newsgroup. Most of these groups wouldn't be >> terribly off-topic if at all there and until there's sufficient traffic to >> generate the need, I see no reason for anything else. > > I forgot to say... That's all good for VB6, but what about the other various > "classic" technologies, like ADO and ASP? > .... They're probably "close enough" for at least a while. I've never followed their groups so don't have any idea what sort of activity level they currently have. I'd guess there's somewhere in the comp.lang.* hierarchy that wouldn't reject them including clbvm or point them somewhere else. As noted, earlier, there was an indication that comp.lang.* admin's are aware of the demise of msnews and are/would be amenable to fasttracking additional groups to support the orphaned, assuming there's enough traffic and somebody steps up to even ask. --
From: Henning on 25 May 2010 14:05
-- Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc "dpb" <none(a)non.net> skrev i meddelandet news:htgm4r$trh$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Mark McGinty wrote: >> "dpb" <none(a)non.net> wrote in message >> news:htc0qg$1fp$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > ... > >>> For ms.p.vb.g.d group it appears the consensus is to move to existing >>> comp.lang.basic.visual.misc newsgroup. Most of these groups wouldn't be >>> terribly off-topic if at all there and until there's sufficient traffic >>> to generate the need, I see no reason for anything else. >> >> I forgot to say... That's all good for VB6, but what about the other >> various "classic" technologies, like ADO and ASP? >> > ... > > They're probably "close enough" for at least a while. > > I've never followed their groups so don't have any idea what sort of > activity level they currently have. I'd guess there's somewhere in the > comp.lang.* hierarchy that wouldn't reject them including clbvm or point > them somewhere else. > > As noted, earlier, there was an indication that comp.lang.* admin's are > aware of the demise of msnews and are/would be amenable to fasttracking > additional groups to support the orphaned, assuming there's enough traffic > and somebody steps up to even ask. > > -- Otherwise comp.lang.basic.visual.database will do for ADO I guess. Sadly there is only spam at the moment. /Henning |