A sports MVP knows how to get one... serve the team and go the extra mile. Should be no different for SQL Server or any of the other categories open for MVP except it's "serve the public" and "the trade" which is the extended team. Shouldn't have to tell anyone how to do that whether it's their job... or not. No one had to tell Steve Jones or any of the recent MVP's on SQL Server Central how to serve the public. And, although some MVP's are looked at as carrying on the Microsoft Party line, I've seen several and personally know a couple of MVP's (1 in particular :hehe:) that have been known to strongly disagree with some areas that Microsoft has done.

In my eyes, MVP is not about party lines or product... it's about quality service to the "community" at large.