There really isn't much about the MVP program that is open. There is no automatic public listing of MVPs. Each one has to opt in to be listed, even to be seen by internal Microsoft people.

>Michel has never pretended this site is democratic, or that his admin processes are open and transparent. He doesn't hand out awards that he hopes become internationally recognized as a standard of excellence.
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>OTOH the value of an MS MVP is proportional to the openness of its awarding process. If it's not open, hey, the MVP program is obviously a bunch of MS-cliquers and brown-nosers patting each other on the back, right?
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>So because the expectations aren't the same, Michel CAN have it both ways.