Are these newsgroups supported? Active?

[Lauchlan M]

There seems to be very little activity on them anyway. My three recent
posts -

<<
Newsgroups: vmware.guest.windows2000
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 12:33 AM
Subject: How to get Win 98 guest to talk to W2K host
<<
Newsgroups: vmware.for-windowsnt.general
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:57 PM
Subject: Snapshots, full clones, and linked clones?
<<
Newsgroups: vmware.for-windowsnt.general
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: Teams and C/S, n-tier software development
went unanswered, thus far.

Is there an official support channel somewhere I can use?

Thanks!

Lauchlan Mackinnon

[Dave Parsons]

Hi Lauchlan

These groups really have been replaced by the discussion forums on the
VMware web site http://www.vmware.com/community/index.jspa. The news groups
were never a formal support channel, and neither are the VMware discussion
forums, but many VMware employees and the old regulars from here answer many
questions over there. If you need to file a support requests you should do
so via http://www.vmware.com/support/.

I still look over here occasionally to see if there is anything interesting.

Hope that helps.

Dave

Post by Lauchlan M
There seems to be very little activity on them anyway. My three recent
posts -
<<
Newsgroups: vmware.guest.windows2000
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 12:33 AM
Subject: How to get Win 98 guest to talk to W2K host
<<
Newsgroups: vmware.for-windowsnt.general
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:57 PM
Subject: Snapshots, full clones, and linked clones?
<<
Newsgroups: vmware.for-windowsnt.general
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 11:31 PM
Subject: Teams and C/S, n-tier software development
went unanswered, thus far.
Is there an official support channel somewhere I can use?
Thanks!
Lauchlan Mackinnon

[Gordon Ross]

Post by Dave Parsons
Hi Lauchlan
These groups really have been replaced by the discussion forums on the
VMware web site http://www.vmware.com/community/index.jspa. The news groups
were never a formal support channel, and neither are the VMware discussion
forums, but many VMware employees and the old regulars from here answer many
questions over there. If you need to file a support requests you should do
so via http://www.vmware.com/support/.
I still look over here occasionally to see if there is anything interesting.

Could you not put in a gateway to link the newsgroups and webpages ? I
find reading theaded news via a newreader much easier than trying to
navigate threads via a web browser. (call me an old fart if you want)

GTG

[Dave Parsons]

Oh, I agree. (Must be an old fart as well!) I much prefer newsreaders with
decent threading. The VMware discussion forums do have a threaded view which
helps, but there is no means of expanding and collapsing the threads.

Dave

Post by Gordon Ross
Could you not put in a gateway to link the newsgroups and webpages ? I
find reading theaded news via a newreader much easier than trying to
navigate threads via a web browser. (call me an old fart if you want)
GTG

[Phillip Pi]

I third that. :) I love newsgroups!

Post by Dave Parsons
Oh, I agree. (Must be an old fart as well!) I much prefer newsreaders with
decent threading. The VMware discussion forums do have a threaded view which
helps, but there is no means of expanding and collapsing the threads.
Dave

Post by Gordon Ross
Could you not put in a gateway to link the newsgroups and webpages ? I
find reading theaded news via a newreader much easier than trying to
navigate threads via a web browser. (call me an old fart if you want)

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[Lauchlan M]

Post by Phillip Pi
I third that. :) I love newsgroups!

Fourthed!

Conversely, why not just get rid of these groups if they're no longer used?

At the least, it's confusing . . .

Lauchlan M

[Larry Belan]

Post by Lauchlan M

Post by Phillip Pi
I third that. :) I love newsgroups!

Fourthed!
Conversely, why not just get rid of these groups if they're no longer used?
At the least, it's confusing . . .
Lauchlan M

Don't say that!

Veritas ditched thier usenet groups and went to a web forum, that I
won't visit. Something about all the web forums.....news groups do
thread things out better, can be searched better, and so on.

I hope these groups don't come to the same demise.

Those New Farts need to be taught some USENET sense! ;) Long live USENET!

--

Larry

[Lauchlan M]

Post by Larry Belan
Veritas ditched thier usenet groups and went to a web forum, that I
won't visit. Something about all the web forums.....news groups do
thread things out better, can be searched better, and so on.
I hope these groups don't come to the same demise.

I much prefer newsgroups, but to have two seperate forums where the
newsgroup one are not supported and not active is just confusing and
misleading, IMO.

Lauchlan M

[OomBas]

Post by Lauchlan M

Post by Phillip Pi
I third that. :) I love newsgroups!

Fourthed!
Conversely, why not just get rid of these groups if they're no longer used?
At the least, it's confusing . . .
Lauchlan M

No, please not.
It's an invaluable source of information.
All the messages are preserved and most questions are posted and answered
sometime before.
So when I need something to know, I search through the messages in these
newsgroups.
Anyway, I prefer these text-based newsgroups over Web-based groups.

OB (1941)