As I write this, this year's MVP Summit just ended, and before it even started, I knew I'd write this month's column about it. But it's hard to write about an event when its content is covered by a non-disclosure agreement. I wasn't sure how I'd handle this. As it turns out, I learned something important at the Summit that I can share in full. For me, it's a huge help in analyzing Microsoft in the market. It's not about technology, though. Rather, it's about getting older. Microsoft is at a point in its history where it's mature and enjoying the spoils of its dominance, but where it's also fighting off stasis. I realized the same is true for a number of MVPs. I might include myself in that category: I was 28 when my first column ran in this magazine, and the column you're reading now is being published almost exactly on my 45th birthday. This is about more than years of service. It's about success, coming of age, coping with keeping up, and changing one's game to stay relevant. That's true for me, that's true for other MVPs and it's true for Microsoft, too.
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