On Feb 4, 2008, at 4:32 PM, Dave Page wrote:
how can we determine which companies are certified from the beginning?
i think it makes no sense to push redhat, for instance, through a
certification process as they have tom and some others :).
I'm not sure if they actually do have any others, but having Tom
certainly doesn't mean that RedHats' support staff (who may have no
idea who Tom is) have any clue about what they are doing.
/D
you are absolutely true ...
what i am trying to point out is the following: imagine simon riggs or yourself. you are definitely guys who should be allowed to certify people.
so, somehow we have to "flag" people like you to allow them to issue certifications ...
i would suggest that individual or companies who have contributed codes to the postgresql backend (or other major pg project like pgadmin, dbi-link or whatever) should have some "gold" status and that only those people are actually allowed to certify other people. this would help us to make sure that we don't have too many "wonnabies" around and we can ensure top quality.
i would suggest the policy: "if you want to certify people, send us a patch proving that you know how pg really works". this would give the entire thing a really professional look and it would be a very straight and easy rule.
if we don't ensure top quality, the entire thing is worthless. if every half-professional is allowed to certify, we can already stop before we start.
most guys on this list here have written one or the other patch in the past so it should be fine ...
how about that?
many thanks,
hans
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