Hi Greg, I'm forced to jump in because you are talking about ethics and how doctors and lawyers are only professionals because they don't accept anything. I don't know about Lawyers but I know for sure that Doctors get compensation in other ways. For example, my son's doctor told me that a pharmaceutical company had arranged for a fun day for all the doctors in his profession and their FAMILIES at Lake Compounce Amusement Park in CT. He laughed and said I know it's probably unethical but it was lot of fun and there were lot of other people.
Another instance - we have a friend at a very high sales level in a Pharmaceutical firm and he says that they wine and dine the Doctors. They take them (& their families) out for dinner. Have a fun time and just update them on a new drug for 5 minutes. Both the sales people and doctors make out on an expensive dinner. You'll be surprised how they can tell when Doctors write the drug prescription. My point is that I'm sure that none of the MVP's here get treated this way by Microsoft and they still help us when we need it out of the goodness of their heart. Sandhya -----Original Message----- From: Greg Deckler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 8:10 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Shortcuts to Outlook objects I am not and have never said that what MVP's do or do not do is a problem. The granting of the title MVP and any rewards/compensation that go with it is itself the problem. Yes, some MVP's have posted some critical comments. Who cares? The problem is the fact that MVP's exist in the first place. Here it is again: - The IT industry is vendor focused - As long as the IT industry is vendor focused it will never be a profession on par with doctors, lawyers, etc. - MVP's are an example of this vendor focus and in fact reward this behavior - MVP status is in and of itself a conflict of interest This is NOT to say that all MVP's cannot maintain objectivity, but that is not the point of a conflict of interest. When a conflict of interest exists, it exists regardless of whether people act inappropriately because of that conflict of interest. > That proves no point, Greg, most of my discussions take place in > private. > > MVPs are publicly critical of Microsoft all the time; if you can't see > that then perhaps it's because you won't. > > -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]
