On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 8:22 AM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps there is a place for a "trusted third party" who can audit the > source and issue some sort of assurance that the vendor could then attach. > Of course, this suffers from a number of problems. Such as cost. The need > to get a new certification after every change (or perhaps "level set" or > "release"). Finding said "trusted third party". Trust is difficult to come > by today. IMO, if I don't generally trust the vendor, or at least their > intentions, then I guess I shouldn't get their software (my attitude > towards MS and even Apple any more). Not that it's my call for Enterprise > Software. Here, it is more about hard money cost.
Marketing your product through IBM Partner World is essential a seal of approval from IBM. They have at least tested it and should be able to find any problems with the product that a customer reports. Is there any product tracking statistics that compare pre- Partnerworld and Post Partnerworld sales levels? -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
