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From: Cholo Lennon on 21 May 2010 13:25 On 21/05/2010 12:15, Peter Olcott wrote: > On 5/21/2010 9:36 AM, Michael Fosmire [MSFT] wrote: >> I have made the recommendation that we change the atl newsgroup to forum >> suggestion based on your feedback. >> >> If you have other suggestions, we're very open. Just email >> nntp(a)microsoft.com. > > The idea of dropping the newsgroups is yet another reason for developers > to quit supporting the Microsoft platform. > I agree. In my case I will stop providing support for VC spanish community (among other reasons, I don't like web forums and nowadays, Windows is not my main development platform) Regards -- Cholo Lennon Bs.As. ARG >> >> -mike >> >> "Liviu" <lab2k1(a)gmail.c0m> wrote in message >> news:ewBnSsK#KHA.4768(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> "Michael Fosmire [MSFT]" <mikefos(a)online.microsoft.com> wrote... >>>> >>>> This looks like a very obvious clerical error. I'll talk to the >>>> cleric in charge and get this fixed. >>> >>> While at it, you may want to have the "cleric" fix it for the >>> microsoft.public.vc.atl group, too, where the latest pointer >>> (from just after you posted the message above) is... >>> >>> || Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup? >>> || [...] We recommend that you start with >>> || http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories >>> >>> ...a generic listing-of-all web forums. It should rather be the same one >>> repeatedly mentioned here, most recently by Giovanni two posts above. >>> >>>>> I think this should be the right place: >>>>> >>>>> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcmfcatl/threads >>> >>> There are more dubious choices of "recommended redirection" for >>> .win32.programmer.ole, .win2000.cmdprompt.admin to name a couple >>> which I happened to look at. Doesn't MS care to plan such massive >>> migration in advance at all? >>> >>> While I reckon that most of the regulars here must have already made >>> up their minds about going - or not - to the closed web forums, so these >>> missteps may well be inconsequential in some sense, yet the last >>> impression left by MS before shutting down their nntp server will have >>> been of utter unprofessional incoordination. >>> >>> Liviu >>> >>> > |