Reminder - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community

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Pavel A.

2010-09-01 01:29:04 UTC

Why the vclanguage forum, why not microsoft.en-us.kernel?

-- pa

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.
Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate redundancies
and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by encouraging
a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.
In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set up
the
NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/
Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?
All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and
October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased
approach,
starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more
active ones throughout the course of the next six months.
When will this Happen?
Effective September 12, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is
scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to invite
you to participate at
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vclanguage/threads forum(s).
An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized.
Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx
Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to

Hector Santos

2010-09-01 04:08:33 UTC

Permalink

Probably because the last two people to post there was you and I back
in May 15, 2010. :)

But yeah, very odd isn't it?

--

Post by Pavel A.
Why the vclanguage forum, why not microsoft.en-us.kernel?
-- pa

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.
Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate
redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.
In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set
up the
NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/
Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?
All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and
October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased
approach,
starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more
active ones throughout the course of the next six months.
When will this Happen?
Effective September 12, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is
scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to
invite you to participate at
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vclanguage/threads
forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized.
Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx
Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to

--
HLS

Don Burn

2010-09-01 14:06:18 UTC

Permalink

I'd probably still go with microsoft.en-us.kernel. I am sure the people
who are migrating the newsgroups are trying but there have been a number
of misdirection's. I am curious to see where they suggest people go
for
microsoft.public.development.device.drivers and microsoft.public.windbg.

Don Burn (MVP, Windows DKD)
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr

Post by Hector Santos
Probably because the last two people to post there was you and I back
in May 15, 2010. :)
But yeah, very odd isn't it?
--

Post by Pavel A.
Why the vclanguage forum, why not microsoft.en-us.kernel?
-- pa

What is Happening?
This message is to inform you that Microsoft will soon begin
discontinuing
newsgroups and transitioning users to Microsoft forums.
Why?
As you may know, newsgroups have existed for many years now; however, the
traffic in the Microsoft newsgroups has been steadily decreasing for the
past several years while customers and participants are increasingly
finding
solutions in the forums on Microsoft properties and third party sites.
This
move will unify the customer experience, centralize content, make it
easier
for active contributors to retain their influence, mitigate
redundancies and
make the content easier to find by customers and search engines through
improved indexing. Additionally, forums offer a better user and spam
management platform that will improve customer satisfaction by
encouraging a
healthy discussion in a clean community space. To this end, Microsoft
will
begin to progressively shift available resources to the forums technology
and discontinue support for newsgroups.
In addition to offering a compelling online browser experience, for those
users who prefer to use an NNTP (newsgroup) reader to participate in the
newsgroups community, we have developed a solution called the NNTP Bridge
which allows a user to connect a variety of supported NNTP readers to the
forums they would like to participate in and continue having the NTTP
reader
functionality. You can find instructions on how to download and set
up the
NNTP Bridge here: http://connect.microsoft.com/MicrosoftForums/
Which Newsgroups Are Affected by this Shutdown?
All public newsgroups will eventually be closed between June 1, 2010 and
October 1, 2010. Microsoft will be closing newsgroups in a phased
approach,
starting with the least active newsgroups and moving eventually to more
active ones throughout the course of the next six months.
When will this Happen?
Effective September 12, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
In an effort to enhance and improve your experience, this newsgroup is
scheduled for closure in the upcoming months and we would like to
invite you to participate at
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vclanguage/threads
forum(s). An exact date will be posted in advance as plans are finalized.
Should you want to visit the other Microsoft Forums, please go to
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/forums/default.mspx
Who Should I Contact with any Questions?
Send any questions about the process, recommended forums and timing to

--
HLS

Hector Santos

2010-09-01 20:59:44 UTC

Permalink

Post by Don Burn
I'd probably still go with microsoft.en-us.kernel. I am sure the people
who are migrating the newsgroups are trying but there have been a number
of misdirection's. I am curious to see where they suggest people go for
microsoft.public.development.device.drivers and microsoft.public.windbg.

What I did to help here using the Wildcat! Live Exchange NNTP Bridge
(no plug intended)

http://opensite.winserver.com/wclex

was to have a Search field for the Forum description to get the
virtual news groups names. So searching for:

drivers:

give us

answers.en-US.vistahardware
msdn.en-US.embeddedwindowscomponents

Searching for: debug

msdn.en-US.clr
msdg.en-US.netfxtoolsdev
msdg.en-US.vbide
msdg.en-US.vcgeneral
msdg.en-US.vsdebug
msdg.en-US.vside2008
msdg.en-US.vstsdb

there are some frend, portuguese and chinese forums as well. :)

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Post by Don Burn
Don Burn (MVP, Windows DKD)
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr

Post by Hector Santos
Probably because the last two people to post there was you and I back
in May 15, 2010. :)
But yeah, very odd isn't it?
--

Post by Pavel A.
Why the vclanguage forum, why not microsoft.en-us.kernel?
-- pa

however, the