Re: On Certification (was Re: [GENERAL] Thought provoking piece on NetBSD)

On Monday 04 September 2006 06:22, Robert Bernier wrote:
> I can give you a bit of information on BSDcertification.org 's
> (http://www.bsdcertification.org/) testing infrastructure initiative, see
> below....


Here's some new information that I'd like to pass on:


> http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/unix/bsd/archives/why-certification-exams-suck-more-on-cost-11060
> http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/unix/bsd/archives/why-certification-exams-suck-testing-center-requirements-11066
>
> The BSD Certification Group will be publishing a report this Friday on the
> recent survey of test candidates which asked for their geographic
> locations, the maximum price they are willing to pay to take a
> certification, and how they would like to take that certification. The
> report will clearly show that the existing commercial solutions neither
> meet the needs of testing candidates nor are affordable to test creation
> organizations who anticipate a low volume of test takers.
>
> Dru