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A new Microsoft community effort - MSDN Connection

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The new MSDN Connection program is out... Frank Arrigo annouced it today. It has been a while since I first heard about this from Chuck, but it is worth the wait. The idea behind the MSDN connection program is a noble one: to help bring together the Microsoft and .Net communities, to give them a voice, to give them a touch point, to provide them with information and, most importantly, to connect them and help give them a whole new level of cohesion.

One gripe... I hope the Active developer level is changed shortly to include community activity as well as official certification completion. I'm sure I remember talking to Chuck about a community program that recognises activity in the community as much as it recognises activity in the certification process.

It is also interesting to note that this is being trialled in Australia to see how it goes. So get involved and get yourself heard. If it catches on we'll be able to say... it started here first.

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  • Anonymous
    March 01, 2004
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  • Anonymous
    March 01, 2004
    They again make a mistake: multi-levels of 'community contributors' makes that the people who do not hold an MCP ID (i.e. went to a course, is a 7 year old MCSE with 9 certificates enough? ;)) or are not an MVP fall into a category where they benefit less from their contributions to the community than the others.

    Why should an MCP benefit more from participating in a community than a person answering questions in a newsgroup or a person who wrote a tool which is used by thousands of people?
  • Anonymous
    March 01, 2004
    Speaking from personal experience Frans? ;)
    Yes, agreed. A community program should put a higher priority on activity in the community than activity in a certification process. But then, maybe I have misunderstood the intent... maybe it is a connection program first and a community program second. In which case maybe a better question would be, 'is a person that keeps their certification up-to-date more connected than a person that attends community events?'
    I hope to get an answer to this tomorrow since I'm attending a Microsoft event and I'm sure to bump into some people that can give me the answers I'm looking for. Watch this space...
  • Anonymous
    March 01, 2004
    "Why should an MCP benefit more from participating in a community than a person answering questions in a newsgroup or a person who wrote a tool which is used by thousands of people?"

    Coz I paid for my MCP ;)

    {just kidding}
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    March 15, 2004
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