Final Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

[Giovanni Dicanio]

When will this Happen?
Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

...Still here, June 2nd?


Giovanni

[Liviu]

Post by Giovanni Dicanio

Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

...Still here, June 2nd?

June 3rd press release: due to overwhelming community complaints the
microsoft.public.vc.language newsgroup has been irremediably closed.

;-)
Liviu

[Mike McGinn]

Post by Liviu

Post by Giovanni Dicanio

Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

...Still here, June 2nd?

June 3rd press release: due to overwhelming community complaints the
microsoft.public.vc.language newsgroup has been irremediably closed.
;-)
Liviu

Bummer, I can't post here.
I actually enjoy this group too.

[Victor Bazarov]

Post by Mike McGinn

Post by Liviu

Post by Giovanni Dicanio

Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

...Still here, June 2nd?

June 3rd press release: due to overwhelming community complaints the
microsoft.public.vc.language newsgroup has been irremediably closed.
;-)
Liviu

Bummer, I can't post here.
I actually enjoy this group too.

Sigh... And where am I going to go now when I need help on VC++
language? Truly devastating :-(

...what do you mean you can still see my post? <g>

Usenet has survived quite a few servers' being removed, and it's still
doing OK. If you want to continue coming here, just change your server
to something other than 'msnews.microsoft.com' and keep reading/posting.

V

[Duane Hebert]

Post by Victor Bazarov
Sigh... And where am I going to go now when I need help on VC++
language? Truly devastating :-(
...what do you mean you can still see my post? <g>

What are you doing? You're not supposed to post here any longer!

Post by Victor Bazarov
Usenet has survived quite a few servers' being removed, and it's still
doing OK. If you want to continue coming here, just change your server
to something other than 'msnews.microsoft.com' and keep reading/posting.

like:
news.eternal-september.org

[Victor Bazarov]

Sigh... And where am I going to go now when I need help on VC++
language? Truly devastating :-(
...what do you mean you can still see my post? <g>

What are you doing? You're not supposed to post here any longer!

Oh shoot! Microsoft will excommunicate me now, for sure... What have I
done! <sad face, arms protracted to heavens>.. Is there salvation?

Usenet has survived quite a few servers' being removed, and it's still
doing OK. If you want to continue coming here, just change your server
to something other than 'msnews.microsoft.com' and keep reading/posting.

news.eternal-september.org

Uh... well... yes. That's what I'm using...

[Ulrich Eckhardt]

Post by Victor Bazarov
Oh shoot! Microsoft will excommunicate me now, for sure... What have I
done! <sad face, arms protracted to heavens>.. Is there salvation?

They can not shut down The Matrix, you are safe Here.

U/i

[Duane Hebert]

Post by Victor Bazarov

Post by Duane Hebert
news.eternal-september.org

Uh... well... yes. That's what I'm using...

Yeah. Me too. But don't tell anybody.

[Mike McGinn]

Post by Duane Hebert

Post by Victor Bazarov

Post by Duane Hebert
news.eternal-september.org

Uh... well... yes. That's what I'm using...

Yeah. Me too. But don't tell anybody.

Tell anybody what?

[Tom Serface]

Try these links:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vclanguage/threads

Tom

Tom

Sigh... And where am I going to go now when I need help on VC++ language?
Truly devastating :-(

[Vincent Fatica]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 07:45:49 -0700, "Tom Serface" <***@camaswood.com> wrote:

|Try these links:
|
|http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/threads
|http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vclanguage/threads

Didn't they consider how utterly fast and convenient NNTP is?

You don't have to be a member/login. You can keep what you want and purge the
rest, not having to deal with thousands of threads every time you read. It's
plain text.

Compared to usenet with a decent news reader, navigating those MS forums (all
web-based forums) is a nightmare.

While MS may not host these groups any longer, I sincerely hope they remain
active.

[Igor Tandetnik]

Post by Vincent Fatica

Post by Tom Serface
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vclanguage/threads

Didn't they consider how utterly fast and convenient NNTP is?

They kind of sort of did:

http://connect.microsoft.com/Microsoftforums/

There's also an open-source equivalent of that, said to work much better that Microsoft's offering (I haven't gotten around to trying it myself yet, though):

http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/

[Vincent Fatica]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 12:40:41 -0400, "Igor Tandetnik" <***@mvps.org> wrote:

|> Didn't they consider how utterly fast and convenient NNTP is?
|
|They kind of sort of did:
|
|http://connect.microsoft.com/Microsoftforums/

No doubt that'll take the fast and convenient out of it.

[Duane Hebert]

Post by Igor Tandetnik
There's also an open-source equivalent of that, said to work much better that Microsoft's offering (I haven't gotten around to
http://communitybridge.codeplex.com/

Tried this one and it sort of works for some definition of works
but you have to run a separate "server" on your desk before
opening your newsreader. And then, none of the ms.p.* groups
are there. And it's pretty slow.

Aside from that, it lets you use a newsreader interface instead of
the crummy web based thing so it has some value.

[Bo Persson]

Post by Vincent Fatica
On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 07:45:49 -0700, "Tom Serface"

Post by Tom Serface
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/threads
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vclanguage/threads

Didn't they consider how utterly fast and convenient NNTP is?

But it isn't cool ! :-)

Post by Vincent Fatica
You don't have to be a member/login. You can keep what you want
and purge the rest, not having to deal with thousands of threads
every time you read. It's plain text.

Right, so you are in control, and they are not. Is that good?

Post by Vincent Fatica
Compared to usenet with a decent news reader, navigating those MS
forums (all web-based forums) is a nightmare.

That's a price they are willing to pay. :-)

Post by Vincent Fatica
While MS may not host these groups any longer, I sincerely hope
they remain active.

Just keep posting!


Bo Persson

[Vincent Fatica]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:54:02 +0200, "Bo Persson" <***@gmb.dk> wrote:

|> You don't have to be a member/login. You can keep what you want
|> and purge the rest, not having to deal with thousands of threads
|> every time you read. It's plain text.
|
|Right, so you are in control, and they are not. Is that good?

Um ... yes.

|> Compared to usenet with a decent news reader, navigating those MS
|> forums (all web-based forums) is a nightmare.
|
|That's a price they are willing to pay. :-)

For ... um ... control!

|> While MS may not host these groups any longer, I sincerely hope
|> they remain active.
|
|Just keep posting!

I'm not going anywhere.

[Mike McGinn]

Post by Liviu

Post by Giovanni Dicanio

Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.

...Still here, June 2nd?

June 3rd press release: due to overwhelming community complaints the
microsoft.public.vc.language newsgroup has been irremediably closed.
;-)
Liviu

Bummer, I can't post here.
I actually enjoy this group too.