Where have all the MVP's disappeared to on the KB 931768 issue?

[Nina DiBoy]

What do MVP's have to do with this "issue"?

BTW, I haven't noticed any problems with the update.

Aside from a few bad apples, most MVPs are volunteers helping people out
with problems they post here. The MVPs cannot fix any issue that MS has
not fixed. They have their hands full as it is with the poor quality of
MS products.

--
Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group:
http://protectfreedom.tripod.com/kick.html

Most recent idiotic quote added to KICK (Klassic Idiotic Caption Kooks):
"It would be nice if there was a check to see if you were running an
activated/validated version of Windows before you were allowed to post
in any of these news groups. If you're not activated/validated your post
automatically gets deleted.
That would get rid of the Linsux Luzzzzzzzzers once and for all."

"Good poets borrow; great poets steal."
- T. S. Eliot

 

[Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]]

1-866-pcsafety is what anyone with an issue with a security patch should
call.

Issues with a security patch are a free call.

Let me state that again.

Issues with a security patch are a free call.

I was not impacted by this issue on my Vista machines and unless you
have a repro for the MS staff to look at, there's not much that any MVP
who doesn't have a sample can do but get in the way.

Many of us were informing Microsoft to ensure they knew of the issue.

 

[Guest]

Let's not be picky about vista or IE7 update.
let's call it what it is: MICROSOFT CRAP

 

[Guest]

they get MONEY to help here. lots of free goodies.

 

[Julian]

Let's not be picky about vista or IE7 update.
let's call it what it is: MICROSOFT CRAP

Yes, dear.

 

[Iuvenalis]

1-866-pcsafety is what anyone with an issue with a security patch should
call.

snip

and that works worldwide?

 

[Alias]

snip

and that works worldwide?

Some people (who are always from the USA) don't understand that this is
an international news group.

Alias

 

[Frank]

they get MONEY to help here. lots of free goodies.

:

You're a newbie huh?
Figures.
Frank

 

[Alias]

You're a newbie huh?
Figures.
Frank

You're a snotty snob, huh?

Figures.

Alias

 

[Cindy Winegarden]

MVPs do not get money for community support. They are all volunteers. You
are correct that MVPs get some "free goodies" though.

--
Cindy Winegarden
(e-mail address removed)


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[Julian]

MVPs do not get money for community support. They are all volunteers. You
are correct that MVPs get some "free goodies" though.

Dunno about free...
From what I've seen on these groups
they've earned it for the help they give
and the abuse they take.

 

[Rock]

they get MONEY to help here. lots of free goodies.

MVPs do not get money to help in the community newsgroups. In fact there is
no requirement to help out here. MVPs are just users, volunteering their
time. There are some free "goodies" and benefits from MS if the person
wants to use them, but that's up to the person. It certainly is in no way
compensation for the time and effort spent.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

It should probably also be mentioned that MVP award is recognition for the
efforts that the MVP put in during the past year. That is, when I was
awarded as an MVP in October of 2006, that award was in recognition of the
efforts I made from 1 October 2005 through 30 September 2006.

Accepting the award does not require any efforts between 1 October 2006 and
30 September 2007 - if I wished, I could post nothing during those twelve
months. The only (and likely) result of that would be that I would not be
awarded again on 1 October 2007.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

 

[Dana Cline - MVP]

Not sure where you got that idea, but we certainly get no money from
Microsoft. Free goodies mostly consist of hats, tshirts, and the occasional
book or software.

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

 

[RedForeman]

Nothing else to say!

I wish this were the case....

you, my dear, are a moron....

RedForeman

 

[Julian]

Not sure where you got that idea, but we certainly get no money from
Microsoft. Free goodies mostly consist of hats, tshirts, and the
occasional book or software.

Well that's at least $800 then!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Factor in the time MVPs spend posting as well as researching problems.
You will find that if compensation was a motivation, most would make
far more for their time selling hamburgers at minimum wage.

 

[Julian]

Factor in the time MVPs spend posting as well as researching problems.
You will find that if compensation was a motivation, most would make far
more for their time selling hamburgers at minimum wage.

I should have put a ;-)

I know full well, and appreciate,
that the MVP's contributions are virtually pure benevolence and
they probably don't get much more out of it than the satisfaction
of helping others and the occasional nugget of new info/experience
for themselves. (No sarcasm.)
Cheers.

 

[Dana Cline - MVP]

That'd buy an awful lot of shirts and hats <g>...

Dana Cline - MCE MVP