Yves, that is entirely incorrect. These ARE Microsoft's newsgroups, whether
you're receiving them from a replicating service like Gigabyte, through your
local ISP or directly from the msnews.microsoft.com news server.
Microsoft employees do read the groups (as you'll note with the posts by
folks with the [MS] designation) and are aware of the issues. Look for a
new version of the web-based interface shortly.