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From: Mike B on 27 May 2010 22:40 "Bill" <billstanton(a)psln.com> wrote in message news:eiLxFAf$KHA.4316(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Thanks. > > I hate web-based forums, but I guess they're better than > nothing. > I was indicating that others, also not especially liking web-based forums were also seeking safe haven in existing usenet heirarchies. > "Mike B" <mDotByerley(a)VerizonDottieNettie> wrote in message > news:e9LYz1e$KHA.1700(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>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" <Dennis(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:CA1E4796-3CA8-4101-89A4-AF99E8B7A6ED(a)microsoft.com... >>> 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 >> >> > >
From: Marshall Barton on 27 May 2010 22:43 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]
From: Bill on 28 May 2010 00:19 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" <marshbarton(a)wowway.com> wrote in message news:5fauv55i2an7g9davg27l7sj88tge2c48m(a)4ax.com... > 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]
From: Mike Painter on 28 May 2010 02:00 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/Forums/en-US/accessdev/threads at one time it should be fun to watch.
From: Mike B on 28 May 2010 09:53
"Marshall Barton" <marshbarton(a)wowway.com> wrote in message news:5fauv55i2an7g9davg27l7sj88tge2c48m(a)4ax.com... > 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] |