Well, maybe I shouldn’t jump in here but I’ve been concerned ever since I
read the posts regarding the termination of these newsgroups. I’m really sad
that they feel the need to do this. When I think back to how much help I've
received, I know the creation of our dbs would not have happened otherwise. I
guess timing is everything.

I’ve been to the forum they suggest and hope they change it. I’m not so sure
grouping everything together is the best idea. I’m still trying to learn
Access and I like having the different sections. When one posts in the New
User section, the expectation is that you are a novice or completely new to
Access. I don’t know anything about Usenet or how to use it so I don’t quite
know what I will do after this is gone.


Larry Linson wrote:
I don't know what we are going to do now
that Microsoft look as though they
are closing this forum.

Actually, Microsoft has officially announced that this newsgroup will close
as of 6/1/2010, so it's more than "look as though". If you have a news
server, or are willing to sign up for one (there are many, both fee and
free), the USENET newsgroup comp.databases.ms-access still exists and many
MVPs and others who provide excellent answers have indicated they will be
returning there.

Microsoft is providing some online forums that include some "answerers" who
are paid and also accept answers from others (including MVPs). So far, there
has been no groundswell of acceptance for those, though some find them
usable. Access is lumped in with some other software in one of the sections
of social.answers.microsoft.com -- nothing like the number of newsgroups has
been discussed, AFAIK.


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