Re: Certification Available +Pronounce

I think this is the point where i humbly retreat,
i still think it's a fair argument that a certification would improve
popularity - but for the aforesaid reasons, its probably not worth-it
based on the pros and cons.
thanks for the insight.
Josh Berkus wrote:

>Robert,
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>>If certifications are seen in a bad-light, I believe it's directly
>>because people sell-out their principles, or just plain set-out to make
>>cash.
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>Well, actually: you're asking a group of users and proponents of an OSS RDBMS
>that has no certifications, and until a few years ago wasn't supported by any
>large companies and didn't have any compliance certificates or major
>reference implementations, what they think of certifications. What answer
>did you expect to get?
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>Serious hackers never like certifications; they see them as something that
>their boss is liable to waste their time making them take. The people who
>like certifications will not generally be subscribed to this list.
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>>This might be a mad-idea, but if you can build an open-source DBMS, why
>>can't you build a certification by the same process?: open-source
>>collaboration for its inception, elaboration, construction and deployment?
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>Well, first off, how would you keep the questions secret from potential
>test-takers? Also, keep in mind that designing a good certification exam is
>a lot of work, like 1000 hours of work.
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>I'm lazy ... I'd rather just let SRA do their thing. ;-)
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