>>It crystallized for me when there was a handful of MVP naysayers scoffing at the idea of an open VFP letter to MS. I thought (and said) that MS responds to bottom line not feelings so I doubted it would do much, especially with MVPs aggressively blocking the idea, but I signed. That's community for you.
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>Curious - you chose to mention JVPs name....which means you don't have any problem mentioning names, at least those who haven't posted here in 10+ years (his last post being in September 2004). So who were the MVPs who aggressively blocked the open letter?

Oh, the reply was to me. To me JvP - Jügen von Pistor - is my former boss. Remains of that company are visible under www.JvP-GmbH.de. (And I remember those days :) )