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From: nntp on 4 May 2010 15:38
Date 5/4/2010
Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively closing down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in the rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in response to worldwide market trends and evolving customer needs.

Microsoft continues to invest in forums to reduce customer effort, consolidate community venues and make it easier for active contributors to retain their influence. Forums provide a healthy community environment with less spam and make answers easier to find by customers and search engines. Additionally, forums offer a better user and off-topic management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by facilitating discussions in a clean space.

We understand that some newsgroups are still active, and important to the community. In the coming days and weeks, we will be rolling out tools and resources to minimize disruption to the community discussions.

We are working diligently on providing additional resources and information in local languages later this week. In the meantime, please refer to the official Microsoft Newsgroup website http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx concerning this issue. The Microsoft Newsgroup website will be made available in additional languages in the next few days.

From: Miro on 5 May 2010 10:05
What really is wrong with newsgroups.

They work simple and easy and most important - they work!

M.

<nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:O3YiFw$6KHA.2220(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Date 5/4/2010
> Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively closing
> down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in the
> rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in response to worldwide
> market trends and evolving customer needs.
>
> Microsoft continues to invest in forums to reduce customer effort,
> consolidate community venues and make it easier for active contributors to
> retain their influence. Forums provide a healthy community environment
> with less spam and make answers easier to find by customers and search
> engines. Additionally, forums offer a better user and off-topic
> management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
> facilitating discussions in a clean space.
>
> We understand that some newsgroups are still active, and important to the
> community. In the coming days and weeks, we will be rolling out tools and
> resources to minimize disruption to the community discussions.
>
> We are working diligently on providing additional resources and
> information in local languages later this week. In the meantime, please
> refer to the official Microsoft Newsgroup website
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx concerning
> this issue. The Microsoft Newsgroup website will be made available in
> additional languages in the next few days.
>
From: gerry on 5 May 2010 10:30
I absolutely agree - and checking out the communities site - what a
horrorshow to navigate or locate info.



"Miro" <miro(a)beero.com> wrote in message
news:ucsjGwF7KHA.3504(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> What really is wrong with newsgroups.
>
> They work simple and easy and most important - they work!
>
> M.
>
> <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:O3YiFw$6KHA.2220(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Date 5/4/2010
>> Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively closing
>> down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in the
>> rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in response to
>> worldwide market trends and evolving customer needs.
>>
>> Microsoft continues to invest in forums to reduce customer effort,
>> consolidate community venues and make it easier for active contributors
>> to retain their influence. Forums provide a healthy community environment
>> with less spam and make answers easier to find by customers and search
>> engines. Additionally, forums offer a better user and off-topic
>> management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
>> facilitating discussions in a clean space.
>>
>> We understand that some newsgroups are still active, and important to the
>> community. In the coming days and weeks, we will be rolling out tools
>> and resources to minimize disruption to the community discussions.
>>
>> We are working diligently on providing additional resources and
>> information in local languages later this week. In the meantime, please
>> refer to the official Microsoft Newsgroup website
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx concerning
>> this issue. The Microsoft Newsgroup website will be made available in
>> additional languages in the next few days.
>>


From: Craig Berntson on 5 May 2010 11:12
I agree, but what it really comes down to is cost. Microsoft no longer
wishes to spend on the support of newsgroups. The decision has been debated
for sometime in private Microsoft newsgroups and will not be changed.

--

----
Craig Berntson
Microsoft MVP

"Miro" <miro(a)beero.com> wrote in message
news:ucsjGwF7KHA.3504(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> What really is wrong with newsgroups.
>
> They work simple and easy and most important - they work!
>
> M.
>
> <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:O3YiFw$6KHA.2220(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Date 5/4/2010
>> Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively closing
>> down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in the
>> rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in response to
>> worldwide market trends and evolving customer needs.
>>
>> Microsoft continues to invest in forums to reduce customer effort,
>> consolidate community venues and make it easier for active contributors
>> to retain their influence. Forums provide a healthy community environment
>> with less spam and make answers easier to find by customers and search
>> engines. Additionally, forums offer a better user and off-topic
>> management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
>> facilitating discussions in a clean space.
>>
>> We understand that some newsgroups are still active, and important to the
>> community. In the coming days and weeks, we will be rolling out tools
>> and resources to minimize disruption to the community discussions.
>>
>> We are working diligently on providing additional resources and
>> information in local languages later this week. In the meantime, please
>> refer to the official Microsoft Newsgroup website
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx concerning
>> this issue. The Microsoft Newsgroup website will be made available in
>> additional languages in the next few days.
>>
From: Miro on 5 May 2010 11:14
Plus in a newsgroup format - you have it downloaded to your client. Quick
searches on old posts...and no stupid advertisements.
I don't like the format of the web version either.

I am definitely not a fan of this 'new format' they evolved to.
-Darwin not happy.

Miro

"gerry" <germ2(a)newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:utp3F#F7KHA.3196(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I absolutely agree - and checking out the communities site - what a
> horrorshow to navigate or locate info.
>
>
>
> "Miro" <miro(a)beero.com> wrote in message
> news:ucsjGwF7KHA.3504(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> What really is wrong with newsgroups.
>>
>> They work simple and easy and most important - they work!
>>
>> M.
>>
>> <nntp(a)microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:O3YiFw$6KHA.2220(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Date 5/4/2010
>>> Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively
>>> closing down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in
>>> the rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in response to
>>> worldwide market trends and evolving customer needs.
>>>
>>> Microsoft continues to invest in forums to reduce customer effort,
>>> consolidate community venues and make it easier for active contributors
>>> to retain their influence. Forums provide a healthy community
>>> environment with less spam and make answers easier to find by customers
>>> and search engines. Additionally, forums offer a better user and
>>> off-topic management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
>>> facilitating discussions in a clean space.
>>>
>>> We understand that some newsgroups are still active, and important to
>>> the community. In the coming days and weeks, we will be rolling out
>>> tools and resources to minimize disruption to the community discussions.
>>>
>>> We are working diligently on providing additional resources and
>>> information in local languages later this week. In the meantime, please
>>> refer to the official Microsoft Newsgroup website
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx concerning
>>> this issue. The Microsoft Newsgroup website will be made available in
>>> additional languages in the next few days.
>>>
>
>
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