i will second that... i didn't know what the heck a newsgroup was... did a
**** load of stuff... even having done a good couple certs i still had no
clue.
configuring stuff like outlook express i did see newsgroup account but didnt
really care... it was all about need to know basis....
plus most of the time msdn and google used to suffice (maybe that is why i
dont post stupid questions like a lot of NG users in just about any NGs)
I went authentic for the first time in my life and i got myself MSDN
professional open license. it had something like 5 support calls and
unlimited newsgroup support... so when i had a problem with cross server
authentication using forms i thought i should see what NGs are all about..
and it was then that i first configured NGs into my outlook express.. and
used it so you can say just about an year in my case..
And trust me i am not a bad programmer... i am not a modest one... and i
know what i need to know... infact i know hell lot more.. but its just that
i did not need to know and if i didnt care enough... you must have hell lot
of people who care even less... not just in india but globally
dont take it that i am sort of defensive here (me being a indian...) nah...
most people out there called me a UBI... it stands for Unfortunately Born in
India...
--
Regards,
Hermit Dave
(
http://hdave.blogspot.com)
"Brad" <> wrote in message
news:...
> >
> > It's scary when you consider that much of the work being outsourced to
> India
> > is going to be done by people who can't figure out the difference
between
> > Microsoft's email address and a newsgroup.
> >
> >
>
> LOL. Well its funny, here in the States it has been my experience that
your
> average Joe doesn't even have a clue what Usenet or newsgroups or a
> newsreader is. When they do encounter it they seem to think its the same
> thing as any old web forum. Tons of people are only able to access these
> boards through web interfaces like Google (mainly because they have no
idea
> that their ISP provides them a news server). And then you have all these
> people popping up here who are so totally clueless, yet they managed to
post
> their question on a newsgroup (I dunno', maybe they're using Google too).
>
>