Walter,

I don't have a dog in this hunt, but here is one observation related to one of your comments...

>...Many of VFPs' MVPs earn their money in a total different way as the majority of this forum (Framework builders, tool builders, teachers/preachers, conference speakers etc).

I don't know of ANY of them who earn enough money from the activities you list to survive. They are ALL involved in application development work, just as the rest of us are. No one makes a living as a conference speaker.