Fwd: Re: Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Online Communities
juergen Fenn
Forum für MSO auf dem Mac:
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Betreff: Re: Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Online Communities
Datum: Wed, 05 May 2010 21:31:14 +1000
Von: John McGhie <jo...@mcghie.name>
Newsgruppen: microsoft.public.mac.office.excel
Referenzen: <#BvP#8A7KH...@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
{Sigh} Microsoft seems quite incapable of understanding that the USA is
only one of the 191 countries in the world :-)
"Early Summer" actually means "June" ‹ which is the beginning of Winter for
half the world :-)
In many parts of the world, terms such as "Winter" and "Summer" have almost
no meaning, because the closer you get to the Equator, the less variation
there is between seasons.
Users reading here should note that the Microsoft Office for Mac forums are
at http://www.officeformac.com/productforums/
Cheers
On 5/05/10 7:55 AM, in article #BvP#8A7KH...@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
"nn...@microsoft.com" <nn...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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