I doubt if they will give up the secret handshake Jim... :o)


>>The fact that he's no longer doing "free" stuff (although I will argue with you about SWFox), doesn't mean he supports the community. You're an MVP, so you should understand this: your writing for CoDe counts toward your MVP stauts, but it is a
>SNIP... then I'll be the first to email your lead and tell him not to include CoDe in your contributions.
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>Based on this and KevinGs reply, it seems that MVPs have "leads". Furthermore, it strongly suggests that the "lead" exercises significant control over his/her 'charges'.
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>And here I thought that the only influence MS had on MVPs was various NDAs that may be required to be signed from time-to-time.
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>There appears to be much more to membership in the MVP "club" than we (the rabble) have been led to believe. Somewhat like the Masons??????
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>>>So, are you saying that the only way to give to the community is to do free things?
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>>>Well, Craig, that's usually what "give away" means. Many people either speak at free events, maintain blogs with technical content, provide free downloads of code samples...do I need to go on?
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>>>So again, what has Whil done for the community for free, since his return?