> Everyone answered your question correctly. Sure, it 'could' be useful -
> but it negates the point of having the test. Take this parable:
>
> Tucows deals with wholesale construction materials. We require our end
> contractors to construct a dog-house before we give them license to use
> our materials to build actual homes that people may live in. The
> contractor must show knowledge of the tools and their usage.
>
> By hiring an outside contractor to build the doghouse for you, you may end
> up building shoddy houses and eventually tying up Tucows resources to fix
> the problems you caused - an unnecessary use of resources.
>
> ...
>
> While you 'could' create the service, it would cause you more problems
> than it's worth (and Tucows/OpenSRS for that matter).
That's only half of it Chuck - the primary reason that we require our RSPs
to take "a silly test" is the same reason that NSI requires new registrars
to take "a silly test". It might sound trite, but we are obligated to
ensure that our actions and systems do not destabilize the Internet. Part
of that means that everyone involved with the ICANN SRS, at a number of
levels, must be aware that the power-tools we use can actually maim and
kill if not used properly. We are really looking to ensure that our RSPs
systems and the integration points are all functioning as described prior
to letting new people loose on the systems...
Thanks,
-rwr
Ross Wm. Rader
Director Product Management,
Channel Platform Group
Tucows Inc.
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