>It is ok for you to think so. I just wanted to point that I haven't seen much evidence of this being a rule. The most important counterexample can the VB.NOT campaign that was started and heavily promoted by a VB MVP when the first betas of VB.NET were presented. The tone was very harsh and critic, and they indeed forced MS to delay their schedule and introduce lots of changes to the final version.

Getting late to the thread, I see you mentioned the VB .NOT case.
Entirely true. And I point out, if I may , that he is still an MVP (and a fine gentleman, which I know personally).