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____/ Goblin on Sunday 03 Jan 2010 22:14 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft announces new MVP awardees...
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>> | Today is not only the first day of 2010, but
>> | it's also the day that several individuals
>> | around the world, wake up to see an email from
>> | Microsoft. That email states that they have
>> | been awarded (or re-awarded), the Microsoft
>> | Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award. This
>> | award is to recognize their community
>> | contributions over the past year; specifically
>> | in helping others get the most out of
>> | Microsoft technologies (like Office, Zune,
>> | XBOX 360, Sharepoint, Home Server, etc).
>> `----
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>> http://www.examiner.com/x-25792-Anaheim-Microsoft-Products-Examiner~y2010m1d1-Microsoft-announces-new-MVP-awardees
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>> Recent:
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>> Google lobs coder's Microsoft badge into rubbish bin
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>> | Google isn't opposed to hiring a Microsoft Most
>> | Valued Professional. But that doesn't mean he can
>> | keep his Redmond-happy title.
>> `----
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>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/02/google_microsoft_mvp/
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>>
>> Related:
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>> Ex-MS security guru to dump Media Center for Linux?
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>> | Veteran Microsoft security expert, Jesper Johansson, says he may dump
>> | Microsoft's Windows Media Center in favour of Ubuntu-affiliated LinuxMCE
>> | after struggling with Redmond's DRM (Digital Rights Management) software.
>> `----
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>> http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ex-MS-security-guru-dumps-Media-Center-for-Linux/0,130061733,339282399,00.htm
>> http://tinyurl.com/34as9b
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> I covered a while ago comments from an MVP who seemed rather upset with
> the direction the MVP scheme was taking. It seems to me that the MVP
> award is the proverbial carrot on stick which makes users perform in the
> hope of receiving it.
>
> Its rather sad, but at least when a user has an MVP title you know
> exactly how "impartial" they are, so in that respect Microsoft is
> probably doing us all a favor by letting us know.
Microsoft gives them a lot of schwag, which is the physical
equivalent of bribes for their services.
Remember John Obeto?
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