Evan Leibovitch wrote:
patrick coeman wrote:
I was thinking BSD was a operating system. If I read some of the info on
the links you give and you wish to adopt these for BSD cert it is more a
'belief' or a some church or so. I don't see what this has to do for a
OS certification.
While this project is called "BSD Certification", its purpose is not
to evaluate or certify software. As such it is not an "OS
certification" in the strictest sense. It is to evaluate and certify
practitioners who use BSD platforms to accomplish various tasks.
As such, it is relevant to ask whether such an evaluation should be
limited to simple technical awareness, or whether it extends to
character and ethics. Ethical components of skills certification exist
in many fields, but are relatively rare in IT. You can't become a
lawyer, doctor, teacher or engineer in most countries, not matter how
good your technical skills, if you do not abide by a code of conduct.
It is not obvious that an ethical component belongs (or doesn't
belong) in a BSD practitioner certification. However, it's a totally
valid question for debate and resolution. And while many ethical codes
can be tied to religion, most professionally-based codes of this kind
are not.
At its heart, the debate over whether or not to have an ethics code
goes to a deeper question related to the certification: whose interest
is it designed to serve?
If the primary purpose of the certification is to serve the public
interest (including those who contract or hire certified people), then
an ethical code is completely appropriate and desirable (though its
composition will inevitably be controversial). If the primary purpose
is mainly to serve the direct interests of the certifiers and
certified people, then an ethics code is unwarranted and likely an
obstacle.
- Evan
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The debate of a code of ethics is laudable but IMHO in not as much of a
priority as a business plan. Maybe the questions should really be is who
is going to sponsor the costs of publishing beta exams and a
psychometrician?
Given the commercial demand for Linux certification which made
psychometric testing financially viable. Is psychometric testing going
to be a financially viable option for BSD?
Many lessons can be drawn from the LPI but is developing the business
plan of BSD certifcation along similar lines as the LPI really feasible
for the BSD? IMHO sponsorship is a double edged sword. For what an
organisation is given it may well have to sacrifice more in the
potential revenue streams in the longer term.
Chris
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