One salient example of just how sloppy these people are is that DESKTOP is
still in the name of this newsgroup but is now obsolete and deleted in the
name of the product -- Windows Live Mail.

Sloppiness of that sort is obviously far wider spread among the designer
teams and their bosses.
--
DSH
Lux et Veritas et Libertas
Deus Vult

Once people start posting to a newsgroup, it is darn near impossible to
change the name. Notice that the only two "hotmail" newsgroups are in
French and Spanish.

Earle

"D. Spencer Hines" <panther@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eeuZ2k4cJHA.3856@xxxxxx

> One salient example of just how sloppy these people are is that DESKTOP is
> still in the name of this newsgroup but is now obsolete and deleted in the
> name of the product -- Windows Live Mail.
>
> Sloppiness of that sort is obviously far wider spread among the designer
> teams and their bosses.
> --
> DSH
> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
> Deus Vult
>

It's a Usenet newsgroup limitation, not under Microsoft's
control. It is impossible to change a newsgroup name
without losing all the previous posts under the old name.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"D. Spencer Hines" <panther@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:eeuZ2k4cJHA.3856@xxxxxx

> One salient example of just how sloppy these people are is that DESKTOP is still in the name of this newsgroup but is now
> obsolete and deleted in the name of the product -- Windows Live Mail.
>
> Sloppiness of that sort is obviously far wider spread among the designer teams and their bosses.
> --
> DSH
> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
> Deus Vult
>

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:08:21 -0000, D. Spencer Hines wrote:

> One salient example of just how sloppy these people are is that DESKTOP is
> still in the name of this newsgroup but is now obsolete and deleted in the
> name of the product -- Windows Live Mail.
>
> Sloppiness of that sort is obviously far wider spread among the designer
> teams and their bosses.

Changing the name of an NNTP posting group is not a trivial issue. It is
easier, for historic purposes (retention of older posts) to not change a
newsgroup name.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum