Abu, I don't think it's really about the money, so much as the utter lack of respect MS is showing people who put forth immense amounts of time, effort, and money to pursue and acheive the MCM. As Gail referred to it, the way MS handled the announcement was like a text message breakup, the note under the bosses door at 4pm on Friday that you're not coming back on Monday, it was disrespectful.

Further, MS has now essentially tarnished, possibly beyond recovery, the "shine" of an MCM. Some people will take the cancellation as an indication that the exams had become "compromised" by the brain dumps that have plagued pretty much every other MS exam.

Then there's the comments that were posted to the Connect item, which as Gail pointed out don't hold water. The "non-technical barriers" that were already crumbling, the adding of Prometric Certification centers who could offer the test, etc.

I think what is bothering / hurting Gail and the other MCMs the most is how MS is treating them. MS is like (and forgive me for this allusion Gail) a drunk, abusive boyfriend right now, who has slapped around the MCMs like punching bags and yet is still expecting them to stick around. But, these aren't co-dependant people, these are highly intelligent, highly motivated people. MS is alienating the very people who would normally sing their praises...

Jason