I read that message. It says:

"At the VFP DevCon some one showed an example that was using the Internet Explorer in your own form. You could integrate the internet explorer in your own application. Can some one give me some basic instructions about how this was done."

It doesn't say it was an MVP (maybe he was, but isn't anymore). Are you saying an MVP should know the answer to that question and shouldn't have to ask it? You have to remember that message was from 1996. Fairly early for that kind of stuff. And we do have to be careful . . . even MVPs delve into new areas and need to search out answers.


>You are are right in some things you say.
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>I sell myself badly, even being an MVP, I am a technician.
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>So see this, signed by an Microsoft VFP MVP, message #012973
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>I think this wouldn't be popular with my relationship with Microsoft, but I really care much from the part of the community that the Microsoft side.
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>When I beginned PortalFox web page to help others nobody talked me for the MVP program, so go figure
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>>Great, but not reality. MS decides on the MVPs, not the community, so they can do what they want. The problem is that once you are an MVP, this can be used to elevate yourself above your fellow developers, at least in the marketing of yourself. And once you do this, you don't want to lose that title. But talking openly and honestly about M$ and not being a cheerleader for them will most likely end up in your loss of that title. So there is an incentive to say the things M$ wants to hear. This is more true with some MVPs than others (and some MVPs are actually ga-ga over M$ and think they do no wrong, so at leat they're honest - delusional, but honest). And, of course, saying this to an MVP is never popular, just like an MVP criticizing M$ would not be popular with M$, but it's not an uncommon observation within this community (and probably others). An MVP gets advantages from the relationship and is therefore not inclined to do anything to lose those advantages. That makes
>the
>> opinions of MVPs suspect at times.
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