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MVP Reinstated?
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27/10/1999 22:08:02
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Conferences & events
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00281293
Message ID:
00282788
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16
I've gotten 3 apologies. 2 as if I were a regular user and 1 as an MVP. Man, those mail servers must be smoking.

>>> This is just what I was thinking. How'd you like to be a fly on the wall
>>> when Joe got called into the office to be told his brilliant idea really
>>> sucked bigtime
>
>I've been very nicely surprised by the response since his mess. I've gotten about a half dozen emails from various folks in various capacities - and I've seen the word "apologize" in several of them - not something you see a lot of from MSFT...
>
>"We apologize for DLL Hell."
>
>"We apologize for c00000000005."
>
>"We apologize for Bob."
>
>< g >
>
>I'm beginning to think that they really just goofed up. Remember that skit when Mel Gibson hosted Saturday Night Live? He did a big comparison of Movies and TV.
>
>Movies
>------
>I get paid a lot of money. I mean, a LOT of money. No, really, LOTS AND LOTS of money.
>It's easy work.
>If you screw up, you just shoot another take.
>
>TV
>--
>You don't get paid well at all.
>It's very hard work.
>If you screw up - you do it in front of millions of people - and it can ruin your career.
>
>So... Movies - low risk, high reward. TV - high risk, low reward. So why am I on TV?
>
>"Sometimes I don't think things through very well...."
>
>Whil
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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