They didn't really lie,

.....or even lie by omission!

They were perfectly clear that they [Microsoft] were going to stop hosting
it's groups.

I was aware that others carried those groups, but sort of didn't know if
they would carry on after M$ dumped them.

It was only when I saw on the server that held the only other two
newsgroups I subscribe to (nntp.aioe.org), that some of the microsoft
groups had been taken up by them (they were never hosted by "nntp.aioe.org"
before), did I jump at the chance to see if they might be as popular as
they were before.....

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Stan Brown" wrote in message
t...
On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:13:12 -0400, mady wrote:

On Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:20:19 -0400, Stan Brown

wrote:
Another lie by Microsoft (or at best a lie by omission): the idea
that they somehow control the Internet and can "shut down a
newsgroup".

A lie? What lie? How is people not understanding the difference
between a
newsserver and a newsgroup a lie?

I didn't say Tim lied; I said Microsoft did, at least by omission.

Microsoft gave the impression that they had the power to shut down
newsgroups. What would you call the opposite of telling the truth?


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