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| The '''Microsoft Most Valuable Professional''' (MVP) Program is an award and recognition program run by software giant ]. Microsoft MVPs are volunteers who have been awarded for their contributions to the Microsoft communities. | The '''Microsoft Most Valuable Professional''' (MVP) Program is an award and recognition program run by software giant ]. Microsoft MVPs are volunteers who have been awarded for their contributions to the Microsoft communities. | ||
| The MVP program grew out of the developer community: rumor has it the initials stood for "Most Voluble Professional", as the initial MVPs were drawn from the online communities such as Usenet and Compuserve. It has since grown to include other types of products, and other avenues of contribution. | The MVP program grew out of the developer community: rumor has it the initials stood for "Most Voluble Professional", as the initial MVPs were drawn from the online peer support communities such as ] and ]. It has since grown to include other types of products, and other avenues of contribution. | ||
| A posting from Tamar Granor on the Universal Thread web site gives this account of the origin of the MVP program. | A posting from Tamar Granor on the Universal Thread web site gives this account of the origin of the MVP program. | ||
| :Way back in the dark ages, Microsoft provided a great deal of technical support on CompuServe. The CompuServe ] forum was extremely busy and Calvin Hsia, then an independent developer, now Developer Lead on the Fox team, created what we called "Calvin's List." It was a listing of the number of postings by person, including info on both messages sent and received. Being in the top 10 on Calvin's List any month was an accomplishment, though we discussed whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. <g> | |||
| As the story goes, some of the Microsoft people jumped on Calvin's List as a way to identify high contributors, and thus was born the MVP program. |
:As the story goes, some of the Microsoft people jumped on Calvin's List as a way to identify high contributors, and thus was born the MVP program. | ||
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Revision as of 23:29, 15 July 2004
The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Program is an award and recognition program run by software giant Microsoft. Microsoft MVPs are volunteers who have been awarded for their contributions to the Microsoft communities.
The MVP program grew out of the developer community: rumor has it the initials stood for "Most Voluble Professional", as the initial MVPs were drawn from the online peer support communities such as Usenet and Compuserve. It has since grown to include other types of products, and other avenues of contribution.
A posting from Tamar Granor on the Universal Thread web site gives this account of the origin of the MVP program.
- Way back in the dark ages, Microsoft provided a great deal of technical support on CompuServe. The CompuServe FoxPro forum was extremely busy and Calvin Hsia, then an independent developer, now Developer Lead on the Fox team, created what we called "Calvin's List." It was a listing of the number of postings by person, including info on both messages sent and received. Being in the top 10 on Calvin's List any month was an accomplishment, though we discussed whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. <g>
- As the story goes, some of the Microsoft people jumped on Calvin's List as a way to identify high contributors, and thus was born the MVP program.