Quality of Ubuntu List

[Amedee Van Gasse (ub)]

On Sat, October 10, 2009 18:01, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
> Fred Roller wrote:
>> Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote:
>>
>>> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> And compared to Microsoft Customer Support, there's really no
>>>>> competition.
>>>>> Personally, I think the main thing (or at least one of the main
>>>>> things) that
>>>>> will kill Microsoft and make its users migrate to Linux will be the
>>>>> helpful
>>>>> nature of our forums and mailing lists much like this. It's probably
>>>>> one of
>>>>> the biggest reasons I switched from Windows to Ubuntu.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Is there no mailing list or forum for MS Windows users to help each
>>>> other?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Maybe he does not like places like Experts-Exchange.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> There is a windows community some where in the windows site.  I ran
>> across it once a few years ago.
>>
>>
>
>
> /me picks up jaw from ground and secures it back to skull.

The Microsoft Usenet servers are older than Ubuntu. Some of them are
almost as old as Linux.
For example, the oldest message in microsoft.public.excel.charting (a
group that I sometimes visit) on Google Groups is from Jun 20 1996. Some
of you weren't even born yet. :-p