Drawn in? Do you know the difference between being drawn in and instigating?
As to your comparison with doctors, I have yet to ever visit our family doctors' office building without seeing at least one and usually multiple phamaceutical saleswomen, each loaded down with samples. I play a little game when I go there: Spot the pharmaceutical saleswoman. It's an easy game to play because they're usually blonde, leggy, nicely dressed, wearing a nameplate, and carrying a large satchel. As to your comparison with lawyers, lawyers do not sell or work with any vendors' products. Period. They provide a personal service to interpret the law. The nature of their business cannot fairly be compared to IT. IT will only get to where you think it ought to be when EVERYTHING is open source. That will not happen in our lifetime. My salary is based on consulting on Microsoft technologies. The small stuff I get for being an MVP does not come nearly as close to affecting my impartiality as does my job, which pays me actual money. Even so, I have a personal code of conduct, and I abide by those of the professional organizations to which I belong, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the IEEE Computer Society. You've wandered off on your usual rant about how evil and unprofessional the IT industry is (I seem to remember several such meanderings in the past few years, Greg) all ticked off by your feelings about the MVP Program. Nothing you've posted in all your posts has supported your supposition that we are biased because of the stuff we get from Microsoft. If you were 70, we could dismiss it as the ramblings of senility. However, since you're somewhat younger than that, I suggest you seek professional help. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I Tech Consultant hp Services Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Greg Deckler Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 6:21 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Shortcuts to Outlook objects You're absolutely right, I let my emotions get the better of me. I am deeply embarassed that I allowed myself to be drawn in to this conversation. I apologize. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg Deckler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 3:10 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > I am not and have never said that what MVP's do or do not do > > is a problem. > > "MVP's are the worst of this lot. They secretly get direct > compensation from > > Microsoft and then try to pass themselves off as unbiased. But you > look at their posts and it is obvious that they are simply paid > advocates for Microsoft and part of their responsibility is to vilify > anyone that says anything negative with regards to Microsoft." > -Greg Deckler- > > Don't lie to me Greg, I have more technology than patience. > > > The granting of the title MVP and any rewards/compensation > > that go with it is itself the problem. > > It seems to only be a problem for you. > > > Yes, some MVP's have posted some critical comments. > > Who cares? The problem is the fact that MVP's exist in the > > first place. > > Clearly it upsets you greatly. > > > Here it is again: > > - The IT industry is vendor focused > > In the words of Plato: Duh. > > Having or not having MVPs won't change that. > > > - As long as the IT industry is vendor focused it will never > > be a profession on par with doctors, lawyers, etc. > > The IT profession is not the same kind of profession as law, to use > your oft-cited example. In fact it's not nearly so clear-cut as you > make it out to be. > > > - MVP status is in and of itself a conflict of interest > > Whatever. > > > interest. When a conflict of interest exists, it exists > > regardless of whether people act inappropriately because of > > that conflict of interest. > > Well, you certainly are quite agitated about this perceived conflict > of interest problem. Good luck with that. > > -Ben- > Ben M. Schorr, MVP-Outlook, CNA, MCPx3 > Director of Information Services > Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert > http://www.hawaiilawyer.com _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
