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June 2nd, 2010, 12:48 PM
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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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June 2nd, 2010, 01:33 PM
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The Day After ???
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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June 2nd, 2010, 01:46 PM
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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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June 2nd, 2010, 02:40 PM
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The Day After ???
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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June 2nd, 2010, 04:11 PM
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The Day After ???
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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June 2nd, 2010, 05:57 PM
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The Day After ???
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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June 3rd, 2010, 03:44 AM
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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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June 3rd, 2010, 03:46 AM
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The Day After ???
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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June 3rd, 2010, 08:51 AM
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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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June 3rd, 2010, 11:43 PM
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The Day After ???
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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