>General complaints about the product, which TamarG says happen a lot in those private channels, are NOT under NDA (or are they?).

Yes they are. Why would only half of what happens in the channels (who's existence is under NDA as well) be public and not the other half?

Jim, get over it. Send in your suggestion to the community people at Redmond. "MVPs are bad for the community"

Microsoft cares alot about community right now. They'll read your suggestion and any arguments you provide. The rest is up to them depending on how well reasoned your arguments are. Good luck.