Your initial reply to me in another post was anything but courteous.. you
were just plain rude and obnoxious.. in future, go tell it to the judge..
the only reason that I don't killfile you is because somebody else using the
name 'John' may have a legitimate problem, and I don't see why that person
should lose out because of your actions..


"john" <john@msn.com> wrote in message
news:eUsurkoVHHA.2212@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I can remember "back in my day" (pre Win95) when as an MVP, you were bound
>by a certain code of conduct.
>
> I was one of the lucky few on the basketball court back in 1995 in
> Redmond, with Brad Silverman, when a new online support group was formed.
> It was called ClubWin, and it was formed, among other things, in an effort
> to try and "fix" what had gone awry with the recently formed MVP group.
>
> We were told that zealots need not apply, and that flaming in any way
> would not be tolerated.
>
> Seems these lessons have not carried over.
> This is in no way intended for ALL MVP's, but obviously some would benefit
> from reading the basic rules of engagement, since you've never seen them.
>
> from http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs:
> Q8: What does Microsoft expect of its MVPs?
>
> A8: Because the MVP Award is an award-based program with criteria based on
> past contributions, Microsoft has no expectations of MVPs beyond the
> expectations of courtesy, professionalism, code of conduct and adherence
> to the community rules that we ask of all Microsoft community members.
> These rules can be found on the Microsoft Communities code of conduct
> page.
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Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/