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From: nntp on 28 May 2010 16:36

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.

Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites. This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.

In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up the
NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/

Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?
All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and
October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased approach,
starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more
active ones throughout the course of the next six months.

When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vclanguage/threads

Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx

Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to
NNTP(a)microsoft.com
From: Giovanni Dicanio on 2 Jun 2010 07:04
<nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote:

> When will this Happen?
> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

....Still here, June 2nd?


Giovanni

From: Liviu on 2 Jun 2010 21:04
"Giovanni Dicanio" <giovanniDOTdicanio(a)REMOVEMEgmail.com> wrote...
> <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
>
> ...Still here, June 2nd?

June 3rd press release: due to overwhelming community complaints the
microsoft.public.vc.language newsgroup has been irremediably closed.

;-)
Liviu


From: Mike McGinn on 3 Jun 2010 07:08
Liviu wrote:

> "Giovanni Dicanio" <giovanniDOTdicanio(a)REMOVEMEgmail.com> wrote...
>> <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
>>
>> ...Still here, June 2nd?
>
> June 3rd press release: due to overwhelming community complaints the
> microsoft.public.vc.language newsgroup has been irremediably closed.
>
> ;-)
> Liviu

Bummer, I can't post here.
I actually enjoy this group too.

--
Mike McGinn FACOCM
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My deeds are the ground on which I stand. ** Registered Linux User 377849
From: Victor Bazarov on 3 Jun 2010 08:53
On 6/3/2010 7:08 AM, Mike McGinn wrote:
> Liviu wrote:
>
>> "Giovanni Dicanio"<giovanniDOTdicanio(a)REMOVEMEgmail.com> wrote...
>>> <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
>>>
>>> ...Still here, June 2nd?
>>
>> June 3rd press release: due to overwhelming community complaints the
>> microsoft.public.vc.language newsgroup has been irremediably closed.
>>
>> ;-)
>> Liviu
>
> Bummer, I can't post here.
> I actually enjoy this group too.

Sigh... And where am I going to go now when I need help on VC++
language? Truly devastating :-(

....what do you mean you can still see my post? <g>

Usenet has survived quite a few servers' being removed, and it's still
doing OK. If you want to continue coming here, just change your server
to something other than 'msnews.microsoft.com' and keep reading/posting.

V
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