My problem was two-fold: 1) Program was changed. Previous partners should have been grandfathered with the requirements, which as I've pointed out, the partners@mm offered to do when I complained. 2) For the Associate program, its a hidden cost. It's $795 plus what is it, $150 for the exam now? And on top of that, fewer products and more restrictive licensing. The $795 used to get the office CF Studio, Homesite, Kawa, JRun Studio, JRun, and CF. I now get JRun and CF.
The value of the partnership program IMHO went down, but the cost went up. Of course, I will readily admit I enjoy the booze and food for the partners at DevCon :) And the other cool things that ocassionally came my way. You're probably just about old enough to remember when drinking ages changed from 18 to 21. Just because an arbitrary requirement *can* change, doesn't mean there won't be complaints :) Macromedia may well have plenty of justification -- raising the interest in getting a certification for instance; trying to create a market for said certification; making a few extra bucks. I'd much rather send code samples and examples of sites instead of take a multiple-choice test for admittance... Regards, John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:03 PM Subject: RE: certification experiences/plans? > > I'm saying you shouldn't have to be *certified* to be a > > partner, if you've got "equivalent" skills. > > > > When I complained (last year) to MM that I didn't want to > > waste a day getting certified (travel to and from) when > > I was already an existing partner, an author, and a CF > > developer of 3+ years they said that "or equivalent" > > was OK. That's fine, but the website for partnership say > > "1 Certified when certification for specified product is > > available" at least for solution providers > > > > But have to admit, I caved. When I was in DC for CFUN-02, > > I took advantage of a nearby test center and did a walkin > > to get the (Advanced, no less) cert. > > Why should this be different from any other arbitrary requirement? > > I learned how to drive a car before I got my driver's license - I'd just > finished spending three years driving vehicles up to and over 60 tons, on > narrow ice-covered roads no less! Why didn't the state simply waive the > requirement for me? I also learned how to safely handle firearms before > receiving official training; why couldn't the drill sergeant give me the day > off instead? > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
