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The Day After ???
June 2, 8.00 am and everything running normal.
What's happening ? Does anyone know ?? Regards John |
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I was thinking the same thing. Long live the newsgroups?
-- Best Regards, Luke M "John" wrote in message ... June 2, 8.00 am and everything running normal. What's happening ? Does anyone know ?? Regards John |
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Hi Luke
Yes, long live the newsgroups, but I wouldn't start celebrating yet. Microsoft is notorious for doing things when and where they want. Regards John "Luke M" wrote in message ... I was thinking the same thing. Long live the newsgroups? -- Best Regards, Luke M "John" wrote in message ... June 2, 8.00 am and everything running normal. What's happening ? Does anyone know ?? Regards John |
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Read Q and A at
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx Q: When will this transition be complete? A: Microsoft is closing newsgroups in phases and anticipates completing this by Fall 2010. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 07:48:25 -0400, "John" wrote: June 2, 8.00 am and everything running normal. What's happening ? Does anyone know ?? Regards John |
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It looks like some groups are getting new posts and others aren't.
"John" wrote in message ... June 2, 8.00 am and everything running normal. What's happening ? Does anyone know ?? Regards John |
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oooohhhh the grand old duke of york
he had ten thousand men he marched them up to the top of the hill and marched them down again . . . "AAM" wrote: It looks like some groups are getting new posts and others aren't. "John" wrote in message ... June 2, 8.00 am and everything running normal. What's happening ? Does anyone know ?? Regards John . |
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On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 07:48:25 -0400, John wrote:
June 2, 8.00 am and everything running normal. What's happening ? Does anyone know ?? No one controls a given unmoderated newsgroup. As I've said multiple times, Microsoft may withdraw its participation in these newsgroups, but it lacks the power to terminate them. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:40:31 -0700, Gord Dibben wrote:
Read Q and A at http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx Q: When will this transition be complete? A: Microsoft is closing newsgroups in phases and anticipates completing this by Fall 2010. I don't deny that they said it, but I deny that it's true. Microsoft has no more power to "close [a] newsgroup" than have you or I. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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Indeed Microsoft cannot terminate a newsgroup and even if they could anyone
could introduce their own Excel newsgroup, however Microsoft could withdraw the free access to these newsgroups through their server. I personally have no Newsgroup access through my ISP and so rely on the Microsoft portal. "Stan Brown" wrote in message t... On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 07:48:25 -0400, John wrote: June 2, 8.00 am and everything running normal. What's happening ? Does anyone know ?? No one controls a given unmoderated newsgroup. As I've said multiple times, Microsoft may withdraw its participation in these newsgroups, but it lacks the power to terminate them. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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Below is an extract 2 liner from MS' message "Final Reminder ..."
So .... what does it mean exactly? When will this Happen? Effective June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed |
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