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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Thinking quickly on the
run (so excuse me if I miss something obvious), it seems to me that
I've more often seen numerous certifying organizations with one central
authority controlling an ultimate licensing than controlling the
certification. For example, the SAT's and ACT's, while not textbook
certification, are used to 'certify' the college applicant in a way,
and schools decide which they want to accept, but degree requirements
are watched by the accreditation board. Likewise there are professions
with many possible certification initials after the person's name, and
the market decides which they accept or prefer, but if there is a
license involved (electrician, occupational therapist, etc.) there is a
'central authority.' </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">That all said, I still
think the certification proves nothing, because it's always going to be
multiple choice, which means you're starting by giving the developer
the answer and just asking him to connect the dots from the question.
It doesn't prove in any way that you'll get good code...more like the
tip of the iceberg. I agree, though, that there probably will be one or
more eventually, and that the market will determine the value-maybe
differently at first until they discover that high score doesn't equate
necessarily to high quality, and that those of use who don't want to
participate will still find plenty of work.<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0pt;">Vivek Khurana wrote:<br>
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<div> I think competition among drupal certifications will loose the
value of the certification. A certification ensures that there is a
central authority which will control the quality of the certification
holders. For every certification we have one body which controls the
quality of the various certificates. IMHO the most successful
certificates in open source world are Mysql and Redhat certificates and
both are controlled by one respective companies. <br>
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