Comments on: Microsoft #MVP10 Summit Recap

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:00:32 +0000

I’m sure that some “…go so far as to violate their MVP…” as you state. But I think you meant to say “MVP Agreement”. Otoh, I’m not exactly sure. I mean, hey, maybe some MVPs get violated, perhaps even frequently? I’m just sayin…

;^)

-Kev

By: Tim Mitchell

Tim Mitchell — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:34:46 +0000

Brent, like you, this was the first MVP summit for me, and I completely agree about much of the value coming from the unstructured part of the conference – hallway conversations with the experts, post-session discussions with the presenters, etc.

I like the idea of having some attendee-organized side sessions, with the appropriate NDA disclaimers of course. It seems you can’t warn some folks enough.

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:30:47 +0000

It seems that we lose an MVP (non-SQL) every quarter or more often from disclosing things. Or behaving badly. Unfortunately being a community contributor, or smart guy, doesn’t mean you behave well.

Glad you enjoyed it, and hope to see you there next year.

By: K. Brian Kelley

K. Brian Kelley — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:42:01 +0000

The #fool hashtag is right. I’m really, really surprised at how some folks just don’t get the concept of an NDA. Maybe it bothers me so much from when I was always under NDA when I was in the USAF and working with COTS products. Then, if we violated NDA we weren’t just worried about a company coming after us. We were worried about a court martial, too. But still. It’s pretty straight forward. You get inside or not for release information in return for NOT RELEASING IT. Can’t be that hard to understand. And there are plenty of people who have stood up and reminded everyone, “If in doubt, ask first.” That doesn’t seem like that hard a thing to do, either.