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From: Lu C on 20 Jul 2010 10:16
Jonathan,
I echo Sean, we always appreciated your assistance. We wish you perfect
health and obsolute prosperity.
LuC


"sean nathan bean" <sean.bean(a)wizard.is.invalid> wrote in message
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> On 5/31/2010 8:03 PM, Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> On this eve of the end of these newsgroups, I thought I would do some
>> reflection on the
>> newsgroups, myself and Messenger.
>>
>> The first Messenger group was microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger which
>> was intended for
>> Windows Messenger in Windows XP (which at the time was the same as MSN
>> Messenger). When I
>> arrived in the group in 2001, the only one monitoring the posts was then
>> NetMeeting MVP Brian
>> Sullivan. I quickly realized I was able to answer plenty of the
>> questions asked and moved
>> in. A few years later Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger were split
>> into separate products
>> and a microsoft.public.msn.messenger was created for that new version of
>> Messenger. Later on
>> of course, MSN Messenger was changed to Windows Live Messenger and the
>> last and final
>> newsgroup microsoft.public.windows.live.messenger was born.
>>
>> Unfortunately as the years have progressed, the newsgroups have had less
>> and less exposure
>> and have all but been absent from Microsoft's official support web pages.
>> As a result,
>> traffic has been slow compared to what it used to be, but still steady
>> for the past year or
>> so.
>>
>> For those who don't know, I have been a Microsoft MVP since 1998 and a
>> Messenger MVP since
>> 2001. Interestingly, up until a year ago, I had a perfect newsgroup
>> record - that is, never
>> missing a day of posts, including weekends, holidays and small surgeries.
>> As Microsoft's
>> Netscan service has been shut down for some time and Google and other web
>> services haven't
>> processed the groups from the beginning, an exact post total isn't
>> available, but according
>> to my Sent Items, I have posted around 50,000 posts in my 9 year
>> messenger newsgroup career.
>>
>> As for Messenger itself, the product remains the top instant messaging
>> client statistically,
>> but some recent decisions both in the latest iteration of the 2009 client
>> and upcoming 2010
>> client have saddened me and my impression of the product. Frankly
>> Messenger has such
>> potential to be an amazing, indispensable, collaborative communication
>> tool for work,
>> education and recreation. I do hope it reaches its true potential
>> someday.
>>
>> Although I do wish that Microsoft would continue to delight us with their
>> own ideas, they
>> really do need to listen to the feedback of their public and Messenger
>> community. This is an
>> area that really needs improvement, as situations such as the recent
>> removal of Webcam really
>> shows that Microsoft doesn't grasp how their users actually use their
>> product. Additionally,
>> there are plenty of features within the product that are in dire need of
>> updating, from
>> message logging/history to the emoticon picker.
>>
>> As the full end of the Microsoft newsgroups draws nearer in the coming
>> months (the smaller
>> groups like this one close sooner), it really is the end of an era for
>> me. As I first
>> started frequenting the groups when I was 14 (now 27, almost 28), losing
>> the groups is like
>> losing an old friend. They will be missed.
>>
>> So, anyone reading this, I bid you goodbye and wish you all the best. If
>> you need to contact
>> me directly, my e-mail address attached to these posts should continue to
>> work, or you can
>> head over to www.jonathankay.com or www.messengergeek.com to find me.
>> Please feel free to
>> drop me a line and say hello, I'd love to hear from you.
>>
>> I was hoping to have some sort of alternative to the newsgroup by this
>> time, but there have
>> only been a few weeks since the announcement of the closure of the
>> groups. The "new home"
>> for Messenger support will be the Windows Live Solution Center
>> (http://windowslivehelp.com/forums.aspx?productid=2), so I will be moving
>> there for the time
>> being.
>>
>> Finally, I'd like to thank those who supported and believed in me all
>> these years including
>> Sherry Irwin, Corey Gouker, Dominic Hopton, Mark Salloway, Jonathan
>> Maltz, Tony Hynes, Jeri
>> La May, Erwin Lips, John Furda, Jeff Houston, Cyril Paciullo, Stephen
>> Boots, Winston, Robear
>> Dyer, any of the other former and present MVPs I've missed, Menno, Mark
>> Vos, and many, many
>> others.
>>
>> Thanks for everything and see you on the flip side.
>>
>> Farewell,
>
> i have been an infrequent user, but whenever i have been in need you have
> always been there to help... it has been tremendously appreciated
>
> many thanks...
>
> Godspeed on your new journeys in life...
>
> sean
>
>
>
>
>
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