Newsgroup closing questions
RB
It would appear that financial cost pressures have already eliminated
many newsgroups and now MS will start next month eliminating most
of their groups including this old MASM group. Like most of you I
will miss the format of the newsgroup as opposed the thread view hiding
segmented linear format of most forums.
I surmise MS is going to offer these old groups on forums ?
And have they already implemented them at some link ?
Is there any evidence of forums adopting a more readable format
hopefully something akin to the newsreader format ?
Kees Nuyt
You may have missed the article by Microsoft, 9 days ago.
I think it has enough pointers to answer your questions.
The NNTP bridge is Windows-only and requires .NET, by the way.
You have to register to be able to download it.
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From: <nn...@microsoft.com>
Subject: Update - Microsoft Responds to the Evolution of Community
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 01:10:37 -0700
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Newsgroups: microsoft.public.masm
NNTP-Posting-Host: tide532.microsoft.com 131.107.0.102
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 June 1, 2010 this newsgroup will be closed.
Where Should I go with the Closure of this Newsgroup?
Microsoft has a large selection of forums, many of which cover either the
same or closely related technologies to the ones found in the newsgroups.
The forums have seen amazing growth and are an excellent place to continue
the discussion. We recommend that you start with
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories
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
NN...@microsoft.com
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Best regards,
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( Kees Nuyt
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James Harris
If microsoft.public.masm is to be discontinued there are at least two
other newsgroups that people could use to continue discussing Masm and
x86 programming.
alt.lang.asm (unmoderated)
comp.lang.asm.x86 (moderated)
So, if only Usenet will do.....
James