On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:27:13 -0400, "dadiOH"
wrote:

Walter R. wrote:
MS Windows 7 will not have an e-mail program or a newsreader. Does
this mean the end of newsgroups like this one? Even Windows 7 has no
newsgroup from the MS News Server. Looks like the newsgroups are
being replaced by web based forums. Is this correct. Will hate to
lose alt.home.repair

The lack of an included program to *read* newsgroups does not mean that
usenet is disappearing.


As more ISPs drop Usenet, there will be fewer posts.