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From: terryc on 1 Jun 2010 07:40
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:33:45 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:

> terryc wrote:
>> Rod Speed wrote
>
>>>> Now Bill Gates & Co. is going to shut down all microsoft.public
>>>> newsgroups.
>
>>> Because hardly anyone knows anything about usenet.
>
>> Actually, Bill Gates/Ms can not shut down MS related newsgroups.
>
> Wrong.

Well, enlighten us to the power of Bill?
From: Rod Speed on 1 Jun 2010 17:57
terryc wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> terryc wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote

>>>>> Now Bill Gates & Co. is going to shut down all microsoft.public newsgroups.

>>>> Because hardly anyone knows anything about usenet.

>>> Actually, Bill Gates/Ms can not shut down MS related newsgroups.

>> Wrong.

> Well, enlighten us

Just how many of you are there between those ears again ?

> to the power of Bill?

Nothing to do with Gates. Everything to do with what that operation allows MVPs to contribute to.

The official announcement JUST says that the newsgroups will be EFFECTIVELY closed, thats all.


From: terryc on 1 Jun 2010 22:45
On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:57:57 +1000, Rod Speed wrote:

> terryc wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> terryc wrote
>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>
>>>>>> Now Bill Gates & Co. is going to shut down all microsoft.public
>>>>>> newsgroups.
>
>>>>> Because hardly anyone knows anything about usenet.
>
>>>> Actually, Bill Gates/Ms can not shut down MS related newsgroups.
>
>>> Wrong.
>
>> Well, enlighten us
>
> Just how many of you are there between those ears again ?
>
>> to the power of Bill?
>
> Nothing to do with Gates. Everything to do with what that operation
> allows MVPs to contribute to.
>
> The official announcement JUST says that the newsgroups will be
> EFFECTIVELY closed, thats all.

Which can be ignored.

From: Rod Speed on 2 Jun 2010 00:15
terryc wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> terryc wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>> terryc wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed wrote

>>>>>>> Now Bill Gates & Co. is going to shut down all microsoft.public newsgroups.

>>>>>> Because hardly anyone knows anything about usenet.

>>>>> Actually, Bill Gates/Ms can not shut down MS related newsgroups.

>>>> Wrong.

>>> Well, enlighten us

>> Just how many of you are there between those ears again ?

>>> to the power of Bill?

>> Nothing to do with Gates. Everything to do with what that operation allows MVPs to contribute to.

>> The official announcement JUST says that the newsgroups will be EFFECTIVELY closed, thats all.

> Which can be ignored.

Yes, but you wont get any MVPs responding. Thats the whole point of those microsoft
groups, there is a great raft of other usenet groups covering the same stuff.


From: Rod Speed on 2 Jun 2010 06:38
Andy wrote
> Rod Speed wrote
>> terryc wrote
>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>> terryc wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>>> terryc wrote
>>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote

>>>>>>>>> Now Bill Gates & Co. is going to shut down all microsoft.public newsgroups.

>>>>>>>> Because hardly anyone knows anything about usenet.

>>>>>>> Actually, Bill Gates/Ms can not shut down MS related newsgroups.

>>>>>> Wrong.

>>>>> Well, enlighten us

>>>> Just how many of you are there between those ears again ?

>>>>> to the power of Bill?

>>>> Nothing to do with Gates. Everything to do with what that
>>>> operation allows MVPs to contribute to.

>>>> The official announcement JUST says that the newsgroups will be EFFECTIVELY closed, thats all.

>>> Which can be ignored.

>> Yes, but you wont get any MVPs responding.

> No great loss there.

Some of them do know their stuff.


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