what is going to happen to this newsgroup

with microsoft phasing out newsgroups and now you need to install a bridge
software of theirs to go to some of their forum newsgroups- where is Windows
Update going to go? anyone know?
robin

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robinb wrote:
> with microsoft phasing out newsgroups and now you need to install a
> bridge software of theirs to go to some of their forum newsgroups-
> where is Windows Update going to go? anyone know?

For sure - at this point - *shrug*...

All up to Microsoft. They may make a bridge to it for a while, they
probably will (may already) have a web forum to replace it. You can review
the Google Groups archives probably for a long time to come.

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In news:# "Shenan Stanley"
<> wrote:

> robinb wrote:
>> with microsoft phasing out newsgroups and now you need to install a
>> bridge software of theirs to go to some of their forum newsgroups-
>> where is Windows Update going to go? anyone know?
>
> For sure - at this point - *shrug*...
>
> All up to Microsoft. They may make a bridge to it for a while, they
> probably will (may already) have a web forum to replace it. You can
> review the Google Groups archives probably for a long time to come.

The entire microsoft.* hierarchy has an independent life on USENET,
since it's carried by every major and practically every minor news
provider on the planet.

Microsoft can stop carrying it on its own servers, but every other
instance of the groups will continue, probably long after Microsoft goes
out of business :-)

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Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN

But what about the MVP help?
Dick

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"Opinicus" <> wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 May 2010 16:25:02 -0700, Bert Hyman <>
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> The entire microsoft.* hierarchy has an independent life on USENET,
> since it's carried by every major and practically every minor news
> provider on the planet.
> Microsoft can stop carrying it on its own servers, but every other
> instance of the groups will continue, probably long after Microsoft goes
> out of business :-)

That's my thinking, too. Usenet groups are immortal. So if MS stop
carrying (say) microsoft.public.windowsupdate, that won't remove it
from other providers' servers; and if and when MS shut down the
microsoft.* server, the newsgroups will survive on all the others.

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Bob
http://www.kanyak.com

If the MVPs migrate to the web forums, they'll still be there. Some will
probably drop out.

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: But what about the MVP help?
: Dick
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: "Opinicus" <> wrote in message
: news:...
: On Wed, 05 May 2010 16:25:02 -0700, Bert Hyman <>
: wrote:
:
:
: > The entire microsoft.* hierarchy has an independent life on USENET,
: > since it's carried by every major and practically every minor news
: > provider on the planet.
: > Microsoft can stop carrying it on its own servers, but every other
: > instance of the groups will continue, probably long after Microsoft goes
: > out of business :-)
:
: That's my thinking, too. Usenet groups are immortal. So if MS stop
: carrying (say) microsoft.public.windowsupdate, that won't remove it
: from other providers' servers; and if and when MS shut down the
: microsoft.* server, the newsgroups will survive on all the others.
:
: --
: Bob
: http://www.kanyak.com
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