Shoutbox

Hahaha, dude, it's not so simple. We live in a world of law and politics, and reputation and image. I don't justify Microsoft but unfortunately this is the world we live in. One day people bow to you, the other they crucify you. But keep something in mind, just like they did with Christ, they're gonna kill you, but then they're gonna cry you for ages. This probes the human tendency to stupidity and self destruction. Ok, I think I am starting to focus on trascendental points, even this is also another reality - yet sad - I won't deepen on this topic.

But the truth is that, those security MVP may be judged as people who lack of knoweledge just like you stated yet unfortunately they're the ones who ruled this situation after all, or at least, so far.
Even if MS gave Patchou the award again, it would be pathetic, and if I were Patchou, I wouldn't even accept it anymore. It's quite a shame for a billionary company to move its tail towards certain group of people who decides who deserves the love of the community or not.

In the end, as I said, I won't like more or less Patchou, I know his work, I happily and thankfully use it and he more than anyone knows his software is a great acchievement. MSN would have never been the same without these third party coders who freely offered they creativity to the community. Unhappily, so far, there's no any other way to promote and help MP without it being sponsor/adware.

Now, wether MP is spyware, adware or whatever-ware, I still have people who I know that tells me that after they had installed MP, they system performed awfully. I wonder how this could be explained. I denote, this is not a critic, it's just a doubt, an incognit which keeps me wondering how could it be just a simple coincidence...