Hello Evans, TDF has its own certification programme in place. We will see in the future whether we plan to move forward with users certification; today however, this is not the case and we do not recommend any company/entity in this regard.
Thanks, Charles. Le lundi 08 avril 2013 à 09:45 +0300, Evans Ikua a écrit : > Thanks a lot Ian for that info and the work that you are doing with > certification, especially based on LO. My thinking is that TDF would be > better placed to work with your organization to lend more credence to the > certification, as well as working with other regional organizations to > support the certification. I think one way that proprietary companies > normally beat us is o certification and accreditation. Also, looking at the > more successful OSS projects, having a certification programme is normally > a strategic initiative and a show of maturity of the solution, thereby > gaining more trust in the marketplace. > > Evans > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Ian Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 6 April 2013 23:53, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi :) > > > He did ask quite a long time in advance. There was quite a bit of > > > discussion about it at the time but no clear answers to his question > > about > > > the logo. There was no community logo at the time and it wasn't clear > > that > > > he couldn't use the logo with the strap-line. Such things have become a > > > lot clearer in the last year-and-a-half but it was all very unclear back > > > then. > > > Regards from > > > Tom :) > > > > > > > As I said to Charles in a private mail. If TDF want me to remove all > > references to LO from our web site I have no problem doing so, they just > > need to send me an official e-mail. I was assuming nominal use since this > > is generally the situation in similar cases. The only intention was to give > > LO some more brand exposure, there really is no commercial value in it for > > us. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > *From:* Charles-H. Schulz <[email protected]> > > > *To:* Ian Lynch <[email protected]>; Marc Paré <[email protected]> > > > *Cc:* [email protected] > > > *Sent:* Saturday, 6 April 2013, 21:49 > > > *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Certification and > > accreditation > > > > > > Thank you Ian for the ad placement. > > > This reminds me that you ought to inform the board aboard your project > > you > > > had started one year and a half ago involving the use of our logo. > > > > > > Best, > > > Charles. > > > > > > > > > Ian Lynch <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > > > > >Just for info, we have been offering desktop skills certification in > > > >office > > > >skills using the UK national vocational qualification, the ITQ, for > > > >some > > > >time now. We are also talking with LPI about cooperation for getting > > > >Linux > > > >Essentials and other LPI qualifications better positioned in the > > > >national > > > >Qualifications and Credit Framework so that government funding can be > > > >accessed for courses in public institutions leading to those > > > >qualifications. > > > > > > > >On 5 April 2013 15:26, Marc Paré <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi Jean, > > > >> > > > >> Le 05/04/13 02:54 AM, Jean Weber a écrit : > > > >> > > > >> Marc, > > > >>> The certification program does not cover desktop skills; it's for > > > >>> migration, support, and training professionals. > > > > > > >>> > > > >>> --Jean > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> Thanks for pointing this out. 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