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Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Online Communities
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n***@microsoft.com
15 years ago
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Date 5/4/2010

Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively closing
down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in the
rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in response to worldwide
market trends and evolving customer needs.



Microsoft continues to invest in forums to reduce customer effort,
consolidate community venues and make it easier for active contributors to
retain their influence. Forums provide a healthy community environment with
less spam and make answers easier to find by customers and search engines.
Additionally, forums offer a better user and off-topic management platform
that will improve customer satisfaction by facilitating discussions in a
clean space.



We understand that some newsgroups are still active, and important to the
community. In the coming days and weeks, we will be rolling out tools and
resources to minimize disruption to the community discussions.



We are working diligently on providing additional resources and information
in local languages later this week. In the meantime, please refer to the
official Microsoft Newsgroup website
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/default.mspx concerning this
issue. The Microsoft Newsgroup website will be made available in additional
languages in the next few days.
Marvin Hlavac
15 years ago
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Post by n***@microsoft.com
Date 5/4/2010
Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively closing
down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in the
rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in response to worldwide
market trends and evolving customer needs.
R.I.P. Streets & Trips NewsGroup. We will mess you. We will never forget
you.

http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/microsoft-streets-trips/
pyotr filipivich
15 years ago
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Post by Marvin Hlavac
Post by n***@microsoft.com
Date 5/4/2010
Starting in early summer 2010, Microsoft will begin progressively closing
down the Microsoft public newsgroups to enrich conversations in the
rapidly-growing forum platform. This decision is in response to worldwide
market trends and evolving customer needs.
R.I.P. Streets & Trips NewsGroup. We will mess you.
We will never forget you.
Especially if you mess with us.

B-)
Post by Marvin Hlavac
http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/microsoft-streets-trips/
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pyotr filipivich.
Just about the time you finally see light at the end of the tunnel,
you find out it's a Government Project to build more tunnel.
Marvin Hlavac
15 years ago
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Post by pyotr filipivich
Post by Marvin Hlavac
R.I.P. Streets & Trips NewsGroup. We will mess you.
We will never forget you.
Especially if you mess with us.
Even the best spell checker wouldn't catch that one ;-)
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Marvin Hlavac
Laptop GPS World
www.laptopgpsworld.com
pyotr filipivich
15 years ago
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Post by Marvin Hlavac
Post by pyotr filipivich
Post by Marvin Hlavac
R.I.P. Streets & Trips NewsGroup. We will mess you.
We will never forget you.
Especially if you mess with us.
Even the best spell checker wouldn't catch that one ;-)
LOL - I figured as much.

pyotr

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pyotr filipivich.
Just about the time you finally see light at the end of the tunnel,
you find out it's a Government Project to build more tunnel.

pyotr filipivich
15 years ago
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Wee - Microsoft wants to shift their resources to fora, and away
from newsgroups. Like I hadn't really noticed a lot of useful
information from Microsoft in either fora or newsgroups. (Don't get
me started on the uselessness of the onboard "Help and Support". E.G.,
When I get a directory listing in Windows Vista, using the detail
view, and there is an N in the attribute column, what does it mean?
try and find out what that N Attribute means using Windows Help and
Support.

tschus
pyotr

p.s. I did find out, but it was via a google search of other places.
"Mostly harmless" - actually "Not Indexed" - but I didn't get that
from Microsoft.com
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pyotr filipivich.
Just about the time you finally see light at the end of the tunnel,
you find out it's a Government Project to build more tunnel.
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