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Ken Blake, MVP
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On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:45:19 -0600, "Bill in Co"
<surly_curmudgeon@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:071 -0600, "Bill in Co"
> > <surly_curmudgeon@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:11:13 +0100, "Urlay Nook"
> >>> <UrlayBurlay@TheNook.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello
> >>>> I've noticed on this group (and on the XP group) that a lot of MVP's
> >>>> replies
> >>>> no longer appear.
> >>>> For instance Winston on the WLM group and PA Bear and Shenan Stanley on
> >>>> >> the XP group.
> >>>> Replies from them are included in further questions but I never see
> >>>> there
> >>>> original reply.
> >>>> Have the MVP's gone to the forums.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Many of us have gone to the forums. But some of us are also still here
> >>> (at least for a while longer).
> >>
> >> But I don't understand why anyone would choose to leave this NNTP based
> >> format if most of us still have access to these newsgroups on another
> >> server.
> >
> >
> > Two reasons:
> >
> > 1. Because, without their being Microsoft newsgroups, traffic gets
> > lower and lower (which is already happening on many of these
> > newsgroups). As that happens, it's not worth the time and effort to
> > periodically check and find there's nothing there.
> >
> > 2. The existing newsgroups cover no version of Windows past Vista. As
> > more and more people move to Windows 7, there are fewer and fewer
> > questions about the older versions. Not to mention that my skills with
> > the older versions I no longer use get poorer and poorer as time goes
> > on, and I forget their details. It's the same reason I haven't
> > participated in Windows 98 newsgroups for a *long* time.
> >
> >
> >> It just seems to me to be a much better format for these specific
> >> topic discussions than the web-based forums are.
> >
> >
> > Absolutely! I'm with you 100%. Unfortunately Microsoft disagrees with
> > us.
> >
> >
> >> I guess the only good reason I can think of ... is for discussions of the
> >> newer operating systems and applications that are coming out, since there
> >> won't be any newly created microsoft newsgroups anymore, right?
> >
> >
> > Right (see my point 2 above).
>
> OK, and thanks for the insights, Ken.
You're welcome. Glad to help.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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<surly_curmudgeon@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:071 -0600, "Bill in Co"
> > <surly_curmudgeon@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:11:13 +0100, "Urlay Nook"
> >>> <UrlayBurlay@TheNook.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello
> >>>> I've noticed on this group (and on the XP group) that a lot of MVP's
> >>>> replies
> >>>> no longer appear.
> >>>> For instance Winston on the WLM group and PA Bear and Shenan Stanley on
> >>>> >> the XP group.
> >>>> Replies from them are included in further questions but I never see
> >>>> there
> >>>> original reply.
> >>>> Have the MVP's gone to the forums.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Many of us have gone to the forums. But some of us are also still here
> >>> (at least for a while longer).
> >>
> >> But I don't understand why anyone would choose to leave this NNTP based
> >> format if most of us still have access to these newsgroups on another
> >> server.
> >
> >
> > Two reasons:
> >
> > 1. Because, without their being Microsoft newsgroups, traffic gets
> > lower and lower (which is already happening on many of these
> > newsgroups). As that happens, it's not worth the time and effort to
> > periodically check and find there's nothing there.
> >
> > 2. The existing newsgroups cover no version of Windows past Vista. As
> > more and more people move to Windows 7, there are fewer and fewer
> > questions about the older versions. Not to mention that my skills with
> > the older versions I no longer use get poorer and poorer as time goes
> > on, and I forget their details. It's the same reason I haven't
> > participated in Windows 98 newsgroups for a *long* time.
> >
> >
> >> It just seems to me to be a much better format for these specific
> >> topic discussions than the web-based forums are.
> >
> >
> > Absolutely! I'm with you 100%. Unfortunately Microsoft disagrees with
> > us.
> >
> >
> >> I guess the only good reason I can think of ... is for discussions of the
> >> newer operating systems and applications that are coming out, since there
> >> won't be any newly created microsoft newsgroups anymore, right?
> >
> >
> > Right (see my point 2 above).
>
> OK, and thanks for the insights, Ken.
You're welcome. Glad to help.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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