On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 20:28 +0000, Diego Escalante Urrelo wrote: > Hey > > On 11/30/07, Bastian, Waldo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > o. What is your opinion on an examination that could carry the > > title: > > > > "GNOME Mobile certified software developer exam" > > > > > > > > > > If the examination is offered by a third party, then I would say they > > > are violating the trademark guidelines :). > > > But if you suggest that GNOME via the Foundation could offer a > > > certification, I wouldn't like to see that, sadly certifications tend > > > to mean nothing with time due to people taking them "just to pass the > > > test". I think it would be more healthy to have easier ways for > > > contributors to show their work and prove how much they have given to > > > the project, hence showing their possible employer that they surely > > > rock. > > > > Although the company that I work for surely employs a few rock stars, > > more often a project team or company is just looking for someone who > > knows how to use GTK+ widgets (think bellcurve). I believe the objective > > here would be to make it easier for commercial companies to develop > > solutions based on GNOME and part of the problem that such companies > > face is finding developers that are familiar with the technology. > > Reducing that hurdle will help to make the technology more popular. I > > don't think the Foundation should offer certification itself but maybe > > it could work together with an existing institute on expanding its > > training offerings around Gnome technology. Just my 2 ct. > > > > Interesting, I feel that anyway certifications tend to get worth > nothing when people start taking them "just to pass them", but still I > see your point of letting people not in GNOME but users of GNOME's > technology to prove they know that stuff. > Certification implemented as training could be a different matter, as > long as the real "juice" of the thing is the training. > > I still don't think Foundation should get involved into saying place X > is an approbed training center, I fear that would go beyond its scope. >
I also fear it would lead to favoritism though I am all for helping out a company develop course-ware I am very much opposed to partnering with one entity over another. -- John (J5) Palmieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
