On Friday 02 Oct 2009 7:35:18 pm Venkatraman S wrote: > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]>wrote: > > The trick > > here is that the people who develop the certification should be experts > > in the > > language in question and should also have experience in making > > significant contribution to some FOSS product in the said language. And > > as with all our certifications the exam will be open book with access to > > the internet. > > This definitely sounds interesting.Most of the certifications around are > not 'intensive' - the usual multiple choice Qs ; and that too stressing on > the syntax! > IF i read this right, i guess this is language certification or product > certification?
yes - language or product > > Also, am not sure whether you already have it in your To-DO , but i think > knowledge of version control would be great and a great add on. like giving the examinee an existing svn repository and requiring him to perform various administrative tasks on it. The examiners sits remotely and regularly messes up the repo and the examinee will need to set it right. -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
