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Many of you FoxPro developers will remember Robert Green. I first met him a couple of years before he joined Microsoft. He was here in Utah this week visiting friends and we managed to get together on Thursday for skiing at Park City. Temperatures were cold with highs in the single digits, but we had a great time.

For the past five or so years, Microsoft's MVP program has been led by Sean O'Driscoll. During this time, Sean has lead the program to new heights with higher visibility both inside and outside Microsoft. The value that MVPs get from the program, and in turn the value that MVPs can give to the community, has increased tremendously. Frankly, I think we will be hard pressed to thank Sean enough for his passionate support of the program.

Today I received news that Sean has decided to leave Microsoft. It is bittersweet because of his efforts in the program. At the same time, Sean will be forming his own company to help promote the use of social communities. His last day at Microsoft has not been determined nor has his replacement been named, but he will have very big shoes to fill.

Sean, I wish you the best of luck in your new endeavors.

As Microsoft is preparing Windows XP SP3 and Vista SP1, it has announced an early release of Office 2007 SP1 that contains dozens of fixes. You can download it now.