Thread: End of UseNet ?
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Old December 28th 09, 03:49 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general
Tom Willett[_2_]
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Default End of UseNet ?

MS simply takes one more step to control how you view *their* newsgroups.
After all, they know what's best for you.

Nothing to do with usenet going away.
"Avatar" wrote in message
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: Does the MS decision to leave out Windows 7 newsgroups as well as a
: newsreader in the OS a harbinger of the future?
: That the UseNet is being phased out - or is dying - after almost a third
of
: a century?
: Does MS know (and control) something we don't?
: So is this also a social change dictated by technology's progress? -
: That people will now forgo these discussions and instead concentrate on
: 'faster' means of conversation.
: I don't really know where to stand on this but I feel we are witnessing
: another - rather uncelebrated - change in online sociology.
: Should I look forward to future newsgroups carried on Twitter someday?
: Just some year-end musings (meaningless perhaps).
: Wishing everybody a Happy New Year.
::-)
: Jyanendra
: (Courtesy Avatar)
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