Randal, Phil wrote:
Does clamav have any certificate of any labs like www.icsalabs.com?
And how does that make it a better product, exactly?
Who said anything about a better product?
Certification doesn't indicate a better product. It indicates either
that someone has shown that it has compliance with a given standard OR
that some agent has done some assessing reliability/accuracy/etc. of the
product and put their name/reputation forward as an assurance of that
assessment.
The reason why the latter might be useful is when doing due diligence in
designing a project, so that the sponsors/customers of the project know
that the elements of the project aren't being taken on a whim. It may
also allow you to offload liability, to some degree, on some outside agent.
Obviously, it's better to get your certifications from reputable agents
than not, since the value of the certification is based upon the
reputation of the certification agent.
Not very useful to hobbyists or computer scientists (where due diligence
takes a back seat to more technical issues), but very useful to
professionals and engineers (where due diligence should be a high priority).
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