John:

> Clearly "raw number of posts" is not a useful stat to determine technical
> contribution.

Agreed.


> Garrett's email where he told me to "go to hell" and revealed that he does
> not rely on number of posts to select MVP's, had not been posted at that
> stage.

A bad mistake on his part for which he should apoligize.


> I had also previously suggested that maybe the recipients of the "on-line
> assistance" should be invited to say who was best for the year. I suggested
> I would "vote" for GT. You say ER and I'd second that.

As JVP said, MS controls the MVP awards and they can do whatever they want
with them. As for UT MVPs, you can always propose the idea and see if others
like the concept (I'm not sure I do).


> JVP's assertion that software development is not a "profession" is completely
> correct, no matter what awards or qualifications we achieve.

Software development is not a profession because it does not require any
credentials to practice. We can still call ourselves professionals because
we don't have to work in a profession to be a professional...


Daniel