Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community
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From: nntp on 20 May 2010 00:46 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. Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite you to participate at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vbgeneral/threads forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. 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: Stan Weiss on 20 May 2010 10:07 -- Visual Basic General -- Questions and discussions not covered in the other VB forums such as Data and Setup. (Not for VB6 questions.) Do I not understand the above correctly, or are you sending the VB6 newsgroup to a forum where we can not post about VB6. Stan nntp(a)microsoft.com wrote: > > 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. > > Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? > In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite you to participate at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vbgeneral/threads forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. > > 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: Dee Earley on 20 May 2010 10:28 On 20/05/2010 15:07, Stan Weiss wrote: > -- Visual Basic General > > -- Questions and discussions not covered in the other VB forums such as > Data and Setup. (Not for VB6 questions.) > > Do I not understand the above correctly, or are you sending the VB6 > newsgroup to a forum where we can not post about VB6. Yes they are. -- Dee Earley (dee.earley(a)icode.co.uk) i-Catcher Development Team iCode Systems (Replies direct to my email address will be ignored. Please reply to the group.)
From: Karl E. Peterson on 20 May 2010 13:19 nntp(a)microsoft.com wrote: > What is Happening? > This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing > newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums. Proving as best they could that Microsoft has become the IBM they formerly mocked. > In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, Another way to say, "deliver more obnoxious advertising", > Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? > In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is > scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite you > to participate at > http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vbgeneral/threads forum(s). An > exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized. Which specifically forbids discussion of the product discussed here. Just how deeply must Microsoft despise the community to suggest such a mockingly transparent and vapid solution? > Who Should I Contact with any Questions? > Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to > NNTP(a)microsoft.com Up to all of us, to let them know. Not that it will matter. More importantly, while we can still leave cookie crumbs in the archives, we need to start pointing folks looking for clues in the future where to turn next. See my sig for one idea. -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org Customer Hatred Knows No Bounds at MSFT Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
From: Norm on 20 May 2010 14:47
What I find interesting is that they do have a link for person's wanting to ask about VB6, but one of their links points right back to this newsgroup they are going to close. Makes a lot of sense! Norm |