>>>The fact that MVPs haven't signed seems to indicate that while I don't speak for them, I pretty much know what they think on this subject.
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>>The last person to speak collectively for "us" uninvited was JVP when he accosted Bill Gates. It was an unpopular move.
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>Hi Dan. Can you give me a play by play of what happened, and the fallout? When did this go down?

Hi Evan. It was an NDA event in Redmond, so I can't say a lot. But the remarks started with "I speak on behalf of 500,000 VFP developers world-wide..." at which point nearly every VFP developer in the room had their head in their hands. <g>