On 2008-07-10 07:15:16 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter N. M. Hansteen) said:
> A lot of work, and making it into a useful certification depends
> critically on Subject Matter Experts (aka SMEs, or please look in the
> mirror) and the quality of the work they do when specifying the task
> requirements that go into the certification specification.
Ugh. "SME" - another industry non-word I wish would go away - LOL.
Commentary follows somewhat related to a certification:
One of the "features" I really like about the OpenBSD world, despite
the fact it's Good Stuff (tm), is that there's a "piss-off" attitude
from the development team, which is sorely needed in a world where
everyone rolls over or bends over for Big Corporation, Ltd. The whole
"You don't like it? Write it and submit it for peer review, or go
away." is net-net good. Too many people think OpenBSD'ers are
close-minded trolls - oi - just people with a good vision.
What I'm afraid of in the visibility department is this - PF/OpenBSD
gets mainstream popular, gets into a few products or corporate
infrastructures with a team of lawyers who try to figure out how to
screw Theo & Crew and the rest of us of what we invented / work with
(no, I'm not a core OpenBSD coder, just a code hacker). Let's face it -
most of Western civilization has the best government corporate money
can buy.
I think before we do things that make OpenBSD popular, we need to think
about insidious things like this, not to be paranoid, but it is today's
reality. Plan the counter-moves, etc.
Personally, I'm very happy with where the project is right now & it's
visibility. It Gets It Done (tm).
Kudos to you though, for providing a certification - it's hard work - I
like the idea of a certification to spread knowledge, just today's
world makes spreading knowledge sometimes have a negative consequence.
I'm so waiting for Atlas Shrugged to actually occur, I'm keeping the
beer cold - with my own electricity too. :P
/dmfh
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