No, Kevin,

You asked what Whil had done for the community in the past year. I said that Whil spoke at SWFox last year and he didn't make money from that. You then asked what truely free things Whil has participated in. Whether CoDe magazine is free after publication or not, it falls under a commercial venture since someone is making money from it, and as such falls under the same defination as SWFox. If you don't count Whil's speaking at SWFox as a community venture, you can't count CoDe either.

So, Kevin, I am answering your question.

You're the only one who has questioned Whil's support of the community. No has said ANYTHING about participation. Support and participation are not the same things.

I no longer wish to play your game. When someone answers, you don't accept the answer and try to change the question. Your tactics are very close to ones I've seen here before from another person that has been the subject of recent threads. Perhaps we should start calling you JVP, Jr. Perhaps it's you that is embarassing himself.





>Hmmm...sending an email - who did you learn that trick from?
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>I am about 99% sure you're being facetious - but to be clear - doing so would be extremely ill-advised. But either way, you're now on record for even suggesting it.
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>I never said that "only things that are 100% free should be counted for community support".
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>A couple of things, since you are CLEARLY wrong.
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>1) In 2007, I spoke at a combination of 18 events (CodeCamp events, .NET User Groups, and SQL Server User Groups). So that's slides and accompanying downloads for free. And I pack a room.
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>2) Let's talk about CoDe magazine - when a new issue comes out, prior issues become available online for free. CoDe is, in my opinion, a very community-friendly magazine. Yes, of course writing for CoDe counts towards MVP status, but there are many MVPs who don't actively write.
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>3) Let's talk about the kinds of things that make up community support: some MVPs maintain blogs with tremendous technical content, some answer questions online, some provide downloads. some speak at events...even you made available a PDF on using VFP with WCF.
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>I came up here and asked a question - and instead of anyone trying to answer my question, we now have you making some kind of perverse threat about emailing my MVP lead.
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>Craig, I'm telling you this for your own good - you're embarrassing yourself. My advice to you? Walk away from this.