On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:28 -0500, milt wrote:
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> Saucy wrote:[color=green]
>> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>>
>> alt.windows7.general
>>
>> I have no idea how good it is.[/color]
>
> From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
> Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it
> doesn't actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?[/color]

Not every news provider carries it. That's not a particularly unusual
occurrence on Usenet.

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"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:28 -0500, milt wrote:
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>> Saucy wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>>>
>>> alt.windows7.general
>>>
>>> I have no idea how good it is.[/color]
>>
>> From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
>> Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it
>> doesn't actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?[/color]
>
> Not every news provider carries it. That's not a particularly unusual
> occurrence on Usenet.
>
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AOIE has it and the newsgroup is free :-)

[url]http://www.aioe.org/[/url]

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:13:23 -0500, John E. Carty wrote:
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> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ed0clv9fdaeq$.166tn4u7r5vn3.dlg@40tude.net...[color=green]
>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:28 -0500, milt wrote:
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>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>>>>
>>>> alt.windows7.general
>>>>
>>>> I have no idea how good it is.
>>>
>>> From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
>>> Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it
>>> doesn't actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?[/color]
>>
>> Not every news provider carries it. That's not a particularly unusual
>> occurrence on Usenet.
>>
>> --
>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom[/color]
>
> AOIE has it and the newsgroup is free :-)
>
> [url]http://www.aioe.org/[/url][/color]

OK, I guess I can subscribe to yet another free provider :-)

Or not.

OTOH, the few remarks I've seen on this NG seem to like
alt.windows7.general.

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"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:13:23 -0500, John E. Carty wrote:
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>> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:ed0clv9fdaeq$.166tn4u7r5vn3.dlg@40tude.net...[color=darkred]
>>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:28 -0500, milt wrote:
>>>
>>>> Saucy wrote:
>>>>> If you want to continue to use nntp newsgroups there's:
>>>>>
>>>>> alt.windows7.general
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no idea how good it is.
>>>>
>>>> From what I've been hearing, that newsgroup doesn't actually exist.
>>>> Apparently someone said there was a newsgroup by that name but it
>>>> doesn't actually show up anywhere. Has anyone actually seen it?
>>>
>>> Not every news provider carries it. That's not a particularly unusual
>>> occurrence on Usenet.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gene E. Bloch letters0x40blochg0x2Ecom[/color]
>>
>> AOIE has it and the newsgroup is free :-)
>>
>> [url]http://www.aioe.org/[/url][/color]
>
> OK, I guess I can subscribe to yet another free provider :-)
>
> Or not.
>
> OTOH, the few remarks I've seen on this NG seem to like
> alt.windows7.general.[/color]

Hasn't really seemed to generate much traffic yet, but I'm sure that will
change
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