>Another non-answer, so I will speak a little louder. HOW ARE THE WINNERS DETERMINED? Thanks.

Mike,

What could be simpler than that? You just count the number of votes for any particular person. Whoever gets more votes will be proclaimed a winner. Since we have 3 nominees in 3 categories, you will have 3 people with the most votes in each category.

I can tell you in advance who will be one of the three winners in the VFP forum category, in SQL Server and two winners in .NET category because I doubt there could be any surprise here. Do you want a private bet? <g>