hi Dean, i agree with you but i'm not referring to professional certifications, i was talking about the common criteria certifications such as Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL), Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Common Operating Environment (COE) certification, etc. and as well as the ISV hardware/software certifications (those "guaranteed to work with this" thing, hehe).
http://www.redhat.com/about/presscenter/2003/press_coe.html http://www.corsec.com/ccc_links.php http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-10/sunflash.20051026.4.xml http://bugzilla.redhat.com/hwcert/list.cgi?component=Red+Hat+Enterprise+Linux&version=4&bug_status=Certified this certifications might help you decide on which to choose. and besides, if it is really "enterprise mission critical" you wouldn't _immediately_ rely on uncertified hardware/software (not known to work reliably / supported by the ISVs) and on those without "QA" certifications. but we always love to gamble and take risks that we usually issue the statement "certified by me/myself & my 2 crossed-fingers" to our clients / superiors and it is good enough(?) to some. On 8/28/06, Dean Michael Berris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
.... That's just the thing, I don't really put too much into "certifications" which just means that the person/entity being certified can afford to take a certification exam, or pay their way to a certification. Sometimes these certifications are just marketing buzz without any real technical value.
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