>Winner - Database management solutions sales & marketing partner of the year
>Finalist - Technology Innovation Partner of the Year
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>I thought you all might be happy to hear that a VFP application won in one category and was a finalist in another. These awards are Microsoft Partner awards.
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>You can see the application that won here - www.lifetractech.com

Can anyone compete in these so-called "Partner Awards"?

I remeber when GE capital sponsored some "excellence" award thingie. But after I read that, I went to GE in Connecticut and met with some Technicians about a VFP app I had - the techs - VB heads - played hard to get - and were also allowed to say "no" before I moved up the procurement chain. 6 months later they were trying to learn a new programming language - VB was snuffed!

Do the compeditirs have to belong to something or wear "I do it to MS reps" T-shirts - or are they taking anyone off the street that has a hankering to compete?