Oops. It is Most Valued Professional. Microsoft seems to be re-arranging the deck chairs on microsoft.com. Here's a different view into the program: < http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mvpawardprogram/>. There's a Facebook page too [;<).
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:59 To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums! [The MVP page seems to have moved, so here's a text explanation] MVP = Most Valued Player It is an award (made annually) from Microsoft to non-Microsoft people who make significant contributions to the community of Microsoft product adopters. The awards tend to be identified with a particular product group (e.g., Developer products, Office, Sharepoint, etc.) The MVP receives free access to tools and products and early previews. MVPs are also invited to periodic Microsoft MVP Summits where early releases are disclosed, advice is solicited from Microsoft, etc. While MVPs tend to be expert in a Microsoft technology, that does not mean they are constrained in their breadth of knowledge or contribution in forums, etc. It is not unusual to see a recommendation about the use of non-Microsoft technology, or how to inter-op with non-Microsoft technology. It is not commonplace either, mostly because of the focus of the forums and what forum users tend to have their attention on. In the case at hand, two different MVPs responded and there were a variety of solutions offered, one of which was use of LibreOffice. What I find odd is that an OEM Windows 7 computer, if recent, is more likely to come with Microsoft Office Starter edition. It may well be that the user simply failed to register it, in that case. I see, however, that some OEMs preload a trial edition (sometimes both), and this seems to confuse matters. Most folks are probably unaware that the built-in Windows 7 WordPad application will open and produce ODF Text documents, and also rtf and docx, but not .doc. The functionality is rather limited though (more on the lines of the old Windows Write application). Another way of handling the situation also mentioned on that forum is to use the free Web applications for Microsoft Office. There are features that don't work there, but it can be handy in a pinch. Some folks just want to help users without co-opting them into some sort of ideological warfare. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Burgess-Parker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:14 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Libre Office being recommended on Microsoft Answers Forums! On 12/08/2011 18:09, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > What is an MVP?? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/aboutmvp :P -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
