Well, this being internet, the newsgroup won't die. It's only Microsoft which
stops sending out messages to it. There are plenty of free Usenet servers (and
paid obviously as well), and some of them will carry this newsgroup.
One free server I know which does is
http://x-privat.org/
If you have a newsreader which can handle multiple servers (like Forte Agent),
then it's a breeze to set-up the server, download the newsgroups and subscribe
to this one. Easy piecy lemon squeezy.
Have a nice weekend.
jud