Microsoft has removed 500+ groups, including 21 Windows-98 groups
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From: J. P. Gilliver (John) on 11 Dec 2009 03:42 In message <#kkyEDheKHA.2184(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, MEB <MEB-not-here(a)hotmail.com> writes: >On 12/10/2009 08:28 PM, 98 Guy wrote: >> I'm not exactly sure when this happened, but Microsoft has removed >> approx. 535 groups from it's server. 21 of those pertain to windows-98. [complete list repost] Out of interest, does anyone (obviously outside the MS server) have a feel for what the traffic level was on these 'groups? > Microsoft has no intention of opening its Win7 or later OSs and >applications to Usenet. It does supply forums [as these were originally] >and other communities via direct access. > No, because they can't control them; they've never really felt at home with usenet, one gets the impression from some people. (This may not actually be the case.) Nothing to stop anyone else setting them up - I'll just look, for the servers I use: alt.windows7.general it.comp.os.win.windows7 microsoft.public.it.windows7 (sounds suspiciously like ...!) and probably some others (I didn't check for win.7, windows.7, win7, win-7 ...) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar(a)T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** .... on Thursdays on BBC Two, the former BBC2. (John Peel in "Radio Times", 1-7 May 1999.)
From: Tim Slattery on 11 Dec 2009 08:58 "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG(a)soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <#kkyEDheKHA.2184(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, MEB ><MEB-not-here(a)hotmail.com> writes: >>On 12/10/2009 08:28 PM, 98 Guy wrote: >>> I'm not exactly sure when this happened, but Microsoft has removed >>> approx. 535 groups from it's server. 21 of those pertain to windows-98. >[complete list repost] >Out of interest, does anyone (obviously outside the MS server) have a >feel for what the traffic level was on these 'groups? Not much of one. Many of them are for quite obsolete products, and a LOT of them were non-English language groups. The entire list was posted to news.admin.misc. I was subscribed to microsoft.public.win98.fat32, there were a few posts in that group just last week. >> Microsoft has no intention of opening its Win7 or later OSs and >>applications to Usenet. AFAIK, they haven't actually said that, but their actions certainly bear it out. -- Tim Slattery Slattery_T(a)bls.gov http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
From: MEB on 11 Dec 2009 12:03 On 12/11/2009 08:58 AM, Tim Slattery wrote: > "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG(a)soft255.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >> In message <#kkyEDheKHA.2184(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, MEB >> <MEB-not-here(a)hotmail.com> writes: >>> On 12/10/2009 08:28 PM, 98 Guy wrote: >>>> I'm not exactly sure when this happened, but Microsoft has removed >>>> approx. 535 groups from it's server. 21 of those pertain to windows-98. >> [complete list repost] >> Out of interest, does anyone (obviously outside the MS server) have a >> feel for what the traffic level was on these 'groups? > > Not much of one. Many of them are for quite obsolete products, and a > LOT of them were non-English language groups. The entire list was > posted to news.admin.misc. I was subscribed to > microsoft.public.win98.fat32, there were a few posts in that group > just last week. > >>> Microsoft has no intention of opening its Win7 or later OSs and >>> applications to Usenet. > > AFAIK, they haven't actually said that, but their actions certainly > bear it out. > Once again you are correct and what I posted was too limiting and too direct. As you indicate, I haven't seen a direct statement [press release or otherwise] *from Microsoft* regarding Win7 Usenet groups; relying more upon prior activities that the groups were generally created during beta activities previously, or directly after RTM, AND I never received any notice from Microsoft regarding Support offered via Usenet accessible *public* groups. The secondary hearsay "from those in the know" seems to indicate there will be none, or at least English versions. Having just refreshed the list, I see only 14 groups supposedly left in ..win98, and no win7 or windows7 Microsoft DID create Win7 groups in its direct access communities [TechNet, others]. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___---
From: Sunny on 11 Dec 2009 17:44 "MEB" <MEB-not-here(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23kkyEDheKHA.2184(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > Microsoft has no intention of opening its Win7 or later OSs and > applications to Usenet. It does supply forums [as these were originally] > and other communities via direct access. Who cares, Usenet News group alt.windows7.general is up and running with "Usenetters" giving valued advice (including some MVP)
From: J. P. Gilliver (John) on 15 Dec 2009 16:26
In message <rqj4i5t3l09o91sj1sr1dliu5qfat1onha(a)4ax.com>, Tim Slattery <Slattery_T(a)bls.gov> writes: [] >>In message <#kkyEDheKHA.2184(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, MEB >><MEB-not-here(a)hotmail.com> writes: [] >>> Microsoft has no intention of opening its Win7 or later OSs and >>>applications to Usenet. > >AFAIK, they haven't actually said that, but their actions certainly >bear it out. > alt.windows7.general it.comp.os.win.windows7 microsoft.public.it.windows7 Are already on the 'servers I use. While far from proof of any sort, the name of the last one suggests that it might be a Microsoft-"sponsored" one. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar(a)T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defence against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad. -James Madison, 4th US president (1751-1836) |