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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It seems to me societies are changing all the time, much to the
chagrin of the many minions who don't want/need any change. Much like
advertising...people who like 'new' and 'different' are targeted so as
to see how far they will go. Money and cost is always the driving force.
What makes me nervous are the commercials I'm beginning to see on
T.V., warning us about the ever increasing demand for the limited
supply of water on this planet. They already know people will pay for
water! "How far will they go"?
I feel your pain concerning UseNet. It looks, to me, like they're
gonna get everyone herded into the "forum" pen and charge money to
get out.