New Microsoft MVPs

Congratulations you gurus! :wave:

Congratulations! :thumb:

Congratulations! :wave:

wow.. congrats guys :wave: :thumb:

well done!!! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Thank you. I'm honored to be a part of a group of such wonderful people as the MVP are. I am grateful to all those that contributed to this. Nothing would have been possible without this community, dev-archive, from where I learned so much, and I'm sure I'll continue to do so. I can only hope to continue to be able to give something back. I believe this community is one of a kind and it's absolutely great to be part of it. Thank you all.

I already congratulated Ovidu and Dragos, but I'll use this thread to do it "officially". ;) Dragos, "no amu sa traiesti mai ciocoflendare". Ovidiu, "bre, mvp-ul nu-i al tau, nici al copiilor tai, ci al urmasilor urmasilor tai". Please don't ask to translate. It doesn't make sense for non-Romanians. :p :cool:

What about the other MVPs that were supposed to be re-awarded (guido and john if I'm not mistaking)?

Congratulations, again - Folks.

You make CG a great place... :)

Congratulations guys. You made a good job keep it up !! :)

Hearty congratulation, Marius, Ovidiu and Dragos! Welcome to the club. :thumb: :)

So is it now official, Brad? I saw nothing so far from MS, not even in the private newsgroups or on the Microsites.

It's Time To Celebrate..!!!

Congratulations Guys.......

Party ? Party ? Party ? .............

-Anant

Congrats Guys, you sure deserve the Award :thumb: :wave:

I've just seen a short movie with Ovidiu being presented by Microsoft Romania as a MVP on Friday in Iasi (with which ocasion the new list of Romanian MVPs from all categories was made public), Great start, Ovidiu! :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

/Edit: Just wondering, is that movie available online?

so it's surely official.Well, I don't doubt that you three have been awarded (and John and I re-awarded, as it seems). It's just that this time, I haven't seen any mail, email or public announcement from Microsoft so far. I just heard about a few ex-MVPs leaving a goodbye-message, since they had received an email about not being awarded again. The only thing I have received so far is the confirmation for my participation at the German MVP Open Days next week - whatever that signifies... ;)

Besides that - some entries have already been removed from the public MVP Awardees list (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvplist.aspx?Product=Visual+Developer+-+Visual+C%2b%2b), but John and I (both April-MVPs) are still on the list. Whatever that means... I'm also still able to access the private MVP website and newsgroups (where the password is changed precisely every quarter) - the only thing that's missing is some active, positive confirmation from Microsoft. That's what I meant when I asked whether it's "official" yet.

/Edit: Just wondering, is that movie available online?
I received it from Ovidiu in 19 emails (:D). I'm not sure, he should know better. ;) But it's in Romanian, not sure if you can understand it. :p Let me summarize it for you: the "gang", which is mostly .NET oriented, was a little bit surprized to have 3 new MVPs (which almost doubled to number of Romanian MVPs under Romanian lead) all coming from VC++ area and all from dev-archive. ;)

and John and I re-awarded, as it seems
I did't expect any other way. Like Brad said, I would have been shocked if you weren't re-awarded. So congratulations to you too.

And yes, I forgot:
the "gang", which is mostly .NET oriented, was a little bit surprized to have 3 new MVPs (which almost doubled to number of Romanian MVPs under Romanian lead) all coming from VC++ area and all from dev-archive. ;)
Actually, that's a very nice decoration for dev-archive. What's more, if you look at it the other way round: All three new dev-archive MVPs are from Romania! :) :thumb:
Both facts are, IMO, interesting and remarkable.

(rememer there are other two, Alin Negru in Canada, and Gabriel Flesheriu in Switzerland), 4 of us being developers.I wasn't aware that Alin resides in Canada. As for Gabriel: I only guessed from his surname that he must be Romanian. However, I fear that he hasn't been renewed this year (his name is one of those who disappeared from the MVP awardees list two days ago).

Let me summarize it for you: the "gang", which is mostly .NET oriented, was a little bit surprized to have 3 new MVPs (which almost doubled to number of Romanian MVPs under Romanian lead) all coming from VC++ area and all from dev-archive. ;)

As a humble siplusplus lover, I was so pleasantly surprised being applauded by about two hundreds of dotnet guys, then I forgot my speech and said a simply soft "Thank you!". :)
But you know me, even in dev-archive I never use too many words.

/comments are useful but code is more... :D ;)

1 up 2 to go. Visual C++ MVPs (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvplist.aspx?Product=Visual+Developer+-+Visual+C%2b%2b)
Bravo, domn'le! :)

Great - that was quick! :thumb: :thumb:
I couldn't wait to do it. :D

Now we're waiting for Marius' and Ovidiu's MVP profiles to show up... ;)
I think they are making some more elaborate profiles. ;)

BTW, I've also received the confirmation of my renewal this afternoon :)
Congratz! You've more than earned it. :thumb:

It's now there (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvplist.aspx?Product=Visual+Developer+-+Visual+C%2b%2b&PageNumber=1).I really like your profile, Marius - very nice! What's more, it's the first on the list... :)
Besides that, your list of published FAQs and articles is truely impressive... :cool:

After developing Windows applications for HVAC systems for several years for a Canadian-based company, I have switched to the automotive field...Heh... My last project was in the automotive domain (BMW), my current main project is in the HVAC area (but almost completely C# and .NET 2.0). :)

I guess we're now all waiting for Ovidiu's outing... :D

Both of you are on the first page - Nice Dragos ... Nice Cilu... such a long list.. :) CG FAQ Section owes you a lot.. ;)

If Ovidiu splits his name - to Ovidiu Cucu (I guess he would also come up on the first one pushing John Cz to the second :D) .. all the best for splitting and swapping firs/last names.. ;)

Congrats Guido, for the second hit!

Just out of curiosity - how many times a year does this happen? In April, we got Dragos, Marius and Ovidiu winning it.. and some time back we had Sid, Alin, Graham and Kiran winning it... does this event happen twice?

One more doubt - by VC++ do they only mean MFC/ATL/etc?

Guido, a question for you - I looked into you homepage - where you have that amazing CV of yours put up.. :thumb: are you still into freelance consulting? How tough or how easy is it to work on your own (as far as getting business is concerned?)? I like that idea a lot for many reasons:

1. You get to do what you want to do (provided you have options - which I know is not always the case but happens more than working for an employer).
2. You are on your own and don't have to much deal with people you dont want to deal with (in a team/client side/managers - not all are bad but most of them in my belief are quite incompetent)
3. Money - You get what you work for - its not like the company charging something in your name and you getting a small little bit of it.

But it seems it is not very popular in our country ... May be I should have had taken this with you via PM or posted on General Developer Topics.. If that is the case, please point me.. I will do the same. :)

Once again, congrats people for all your efforts. Best Regards.

Nice Profile Cilu. :thumb:

We haven't seen the other two profiles yet.

Hat off to you Marius. :thumb: I knew you had a huge contribution but not this big :eek:

You can find my profile under "Dragos Cojocari". That is my real life nick name. :D Ovidiu is working on it this very moment I think.
Real Life nick name. :D

You also have a good one. :thumb:
I hope you will write more about yourself in the profile soon.

I think they are making some more elaborate profiles. ;)
No, no. Just I have done some Ctrl+C - Ctrl+V from HERE ( http://www.dev-archive.com/about.php). :D
It's coming soon.

One other comment for this thread --

There is no obligation for those awarded as MVPs to post their profiles publicly on the Microsoft site....

Brad!

Oups!!! My ugly face is there (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/communities/mvplist.aspx?Product=Visual+Developer+-+Visual+C%2b%2b).
Until now I forgot to make it visible. :D ;)

Guido, a question for you - [...] are you still into freelance consulting?Yes - and that will definitely remain like that for a while. :)
May be I should have had taken this with you via PM or posted on General Developer Topics.. If that is the case, please point me..You're right, we should take this discussion to the GDT forum if you're interested - we shouldn't drive this thread too much off-topic.

I forgot to ask:

What about Paul McKenzie and Andreas Masur?

Did I miss anybody else?

Good to see you back here every time, after your long working weeks.
I would like also to congratulate Guido thumbs up, old MVP!Thank you, John. All the same to you!
What about Paul McKenzie and Andreas Masur?
They are both not "April-MVPs", but, IIRC, from the January cycle.

I'm now leaving for the MVP Open Days at Munich (a sort of local summit for Germany, Austria and Switzerland), where I will be meeting Sid again (don't know about Andreas and Florian (NoHero) though, haven't heard of them so far.)

Have a niche weekend, John!

I think I have missed opportunity to congratulate kirants and Siddhartha, congratulations!
Maybe late but sincere.Oh, if you are congratulating those two then you have missed 2 more guys - Alin and Graham. :)

then you have missed 2 more guys - Alin and Graham. :)
Sorry Alin and Graham, congratulations to you to.

Lets welcome CG's first Microsoft MVP for VB... Shuja Ali.

Hearty Congratulations, Shuja... :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Congratulations, Shuja! :) :thumb: Welcome to the club. :)

Congratulations! :thumb:

Very happy to see that Shuja Ali is now a MVP. Congratulations! :wave: It's good to see that we managed to get MVPs for other areas than VC++ too. ;)

Congratulations! :wave:

Congratulations Shuja, great work !

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Join the club! ;)

Congrats Shuja.. we are very happy for you.. if you pass by delhi sometime.. i would ask for a treat! ;)

Once again Thanks alot guys. :)