>>Geez Mark, I dunno...
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>>Something that started innocently enough many years ago could, I should think by now, have turned into something that is being "exploited". Not that MS has ever been known to do anything like that mind you < s >.
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>There may be those that provide the on-line support in order to achieve "MVP Status" but I would guess the a significant number would continue to do so even if there were no MVP program.

I'm quite sure of that too, Mark.
My point is that MVPs do it because they want to and MS exploits this and throws in a NDA to assure added 'control'. One doesn't have to be a shill so much as one one better not be a detractor. And I know that the infamous VB6 dissenter remains a MVP. The fact of the matter is, very few others even try to find out where the limit of tolerance might be. WhilH seems to have found one border, don't you think?

Do you think WhilH's disposition has no effect on the thinking of other MVP'S. I think the MVP program itself always has, the NDA helps to assure it and WhilH's defrocking reinforces that care must be taken by a MVP when they engage their mouth/fingers.

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