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____/ Goblin on Saturday 15 May 2010 18:18 : \____
> Tom Shelton wrote:
>> Goblin pretended :
>>> Homer wrote:
>>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>>> Microsoft MVP Andre Da Costa â âOops he/sheâs done it againâ ?
>>>>
>>>> Well when you prostitute yourself to gangsters, you really don't want
>>>> to use your real name. Unless you're name is Miguel de Icaza, that is.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have sent an email asking the MVP program to comment on Mr Da Costa
>>> (and MVP in general):
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> To Whom it may concern,
>>>
>>> I run the blog (linked in sig) and read with interest your comments in
>>> regards to the MVP award of:
>>>
>>> " These exceptional community leaders come from a wide range of
>>> backgrounds. They are teachers, artists, doctors, engineers, as well
>>> as technologists,
>>> who actively share their high-quality, real-world technical expertise
>>> with the community and with Microsoft."
>>>
>>> It is with puzzlement then that I find a Microsoft MVP making comments
>>> on my blog (to support himself) under an alias (changing his gender
>>> and name)
>>>
>>> I wrote about this at the time, which you can see here:
>>> http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/microsoft-mvp-andre-da-costa-oops-heshes-done-it-again/
>>>
>>>
>>> and it was a followup from information that the same MVP (Andre Da
>>> Costa) had been using an alias (as well as his own handle) on CNET to
>>> support his Microsoft opinion.
>>>
>>> I am writing another followup article on your "MVP" program as this is
>>> not only the example of MVP behavior I wish to highlight. I wonder,
>>> are you willing to make a comment?
>>>
>>> Is Andre Da Costa an example of "exceptional community leader"? What
>>> is Microsoft's position on this type of behavior? and if Andre (in
>>> this case) has acted in a way that Microsoft does not condone, how
>>> does Microsoft justify continuing to let him represent himself as a
>>> Microsoft MVP?
>>>
>>> If you look further on my blog, you will see his behavior has been
>>> followed for a considerable time, Mr Da Costa recently posted words to
>>> the effect of "*Its a shame Michael Jackson didn't live to see Windows
>>> 7*" on Twitter (which he tries to justify on my blog) Is this the way
>>> Microsoft wants its products promoted? Why does it take a 3rd party
>>> to challenge this type of behavior.
>>>
>>> If you would like to comment, you are more than welcome. I would like
>>> for both sides of the debate to be presented in my article.
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Goblin.
>>
>> That is something I've always found funny... The people on COLA have a
>> warped perception of what an MVP is. An MVP IS not a Microsofot
>> employee. An MVP does not represent Microsoft. An MVP is simply an
>> award given by Microsoft to someone that they feel has contributed
>> somethign to the overall developer community in the previous year. Most
>> of the time, it's someone who has spent way to much time on the forums
>> helping people with their homework.
>>
>> Basically, it amounts to a nice letter from Microsoft, a couple of
>> trinkets, an MSDN subscription, and the right to put MVP after your name
>> on the Microsoft forums. There are no "official" duties - though
>> sometimes you get some oppertunities to man a both or something at a
>> tech event - in exchange for reduced ticket costs :)
>>
>> About the only advantage that being an MVP gives you is that you get to
>> be on a lot of the early beta's and get access to a lot of stuff before
>> it's announced - that's the main reason for the non-disclosure agreement.
>>
>
> If you read the article and accompanying ones, you will see I make it
> clear what MVP is. Of course its not an employee, but if you are using
> the title to represent yourself, then I think your conduct needs to be
> rather more honorable....even Andre Da Costa says so on his blog (when
> he recieved it)
>
> "Of course, with the MVP Award come new responsibilities, which is to
> bring you information that is always accurate, responsible and
> dependable while building on that strong spirit of community!"
>
> So even Da Costa agrees with a point I challenged him on.
Just so that you know, Shelton too is/was a Microsoft MVP.
Funny they hang out in a _Linux_ *ADVOCACY* group, eh?
There were also former Microsoft employees trolling here.
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