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Community

Microsoft to end newsgroup support in favor of forums

May 4, 2010

Starting next month, Microsoft will be ending support for NNTP newsgroups in favor of web-based forums. This marks an end of an era for many. Although I’ve preferred newsgroups over the web-based forums for a long time, the forums have matured significantly over the years and now present a great user experience. Over the past [...]

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Microsoft’s “Creative Product Naming Dept” Does Exist

July 17, 2007

The “Creative Product Naming Dept” that I’ve talked about several times here [read a previous post "It's Official - Exchange "12" is now Exchange Server 2007"] does in fact exist at Microsoft! CNET News.com cites recent product names such as Silverlight, Popfly, and Surface as evidence that Microsoft “has put in place a concerted effort [...]

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