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   daniel:// stenberg:// (bagder@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 22:54:24 JST daniel:// stenberg://

   For a Linux and Open Source person such as yours truly, there is simply no point in becoming a Microsoft MVP. It is an honor and a kind of award, but after two months on the inside I can now say that absolutely nothing they offer in the program interests me.

   Zero Open Source stuff. Zero about protocols. Zero about any Open technologies at all. 100% boring.

   This is not a dis on other MVPs. It just describes how it works for me.

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     Nemo_bis 🌈 (nemobis@mamot.fr)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 23:31:35 JST Nemo_bis 🌈

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     • iAmAnEngarneer

     @engarneering Yes it's all about building M$'s brand. I would call it a link building SEO exercise (from all the people who post MVP banners with links back to Microsoft) if PageRank still mattered to SEO.

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     iAmAnEngarneer (engarneering@floss.social)'s status on Monday, 02-Dec-2024 23:31:36 JST iAmAnEngarneer

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     @bagder always thought it was a way for them to "attaboy" people who build evangelizing businesses on the ms products without, you know, paying anyone. Mostly super tech people, or ms learning video tutors.