Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:55:34 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk> Cc: core@freebsd.org, advocacy@freebsd.org, webmaster@freebsdmall.com Subject: Re: Tekmetrics tests Message-ID: <5475.929433334@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:01:34 BST." <19990615000134.A53585@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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I don't belive in "Certified Doughnut Handler" kind of certifications,
they're mostly bogus, in a few select cases they're really bogus.
I don't like the concept that the FreeBSD project should be backing
such certification or test in any way.
This may sound harsh, but I think I have some valid reasons:
1. It is very hard to make such a test fair on a global scale.
(I did poorly on the "Dilbert" test: I live in Denmark and
can't see the Dilbert TV series.)
2. The "3 minute deadline" is vastly unfair to people who don't
have a good command of english. Are we going to offer spanish,
japanese, italian, danish, swedish, hebrew and swahili versions
as well ?
3. Do we know what exact quality we're trying to measure here ?
Most of the Novell/M$ certified people I've met have merely
shown that they're good at looking things up, not that they're
imaginative and good at troubleshooting.
If somebody wants to make such a certification, sure, good, fine,
but don't involve the FreeBSD project in it.
--
Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."
FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!
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