Not only less convenient, but what I find particularly irritating on the MS
forums ( e.g.
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...estart/threads )
is the arrogance of the MS people's responses. They implicitly (sometimes
explicitly) rubbish any competing third party software and if people have
problems the first line is to blame 'conflicting' third party software,
always recommend uninstalling the third party software and install/use the
MS one (e.g. one user with ZA firewall had problems after installing MS
security essentials. Answer: uninstall ZA and use Windows firewall (this in
XP). Only as a last resort might they admit that the MS products are not
perfect.

"Antares 531" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:49:38 -0800 (PST), smlunatick
wrote:

On Dec 28, 9:28 am, "Avatar" wrote:
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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For Microsoft, YES it will be their end of supporting Usenet. They
are / have moved to a web forum style of post support. See
answers.microsoft.com

I've visited their web forums and I don't like them at all. They're
sort of like going back to horse and wagon transportation after having
become adapted to modern automobiles. I guess this is the end of my
communications privileges concerning MS products. Gordon