Just stating the need for certification so blatently is a form of fearmongering.<div>Stating "in actual experience" as an absolute is a form of fearmongering.<br><div>But STFU is inappropriate either for or against.</div>
<div>STFU is a form of fearmongering.</div><div><br></div><div>Victor Kane</div><div><a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar">http://awebfactory.com.ar</a></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Evan Leibovitch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:evan@telly.org">evan@telly.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">Laura wrote:<br>
> I have trouble with this statement. There are reasons some might<br>
> believe that "certification" could be bad for the community, as have<br>
> been expressed here. So STFU is not the right message here, as it was<br>
> not in the previous email a couple of days go, imho.<br>
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</div>In actual experience there is no evidence to show that any existing<br>
certification related to open source projects (LPI, BSDCert, MySQL,<br>
Zend, Ubuntu, RHCE, etc.) has caused any damage to their related<br>
communities. Indeed, just the opposite has occurred, with both direct<br>
and indirect new business ventures and job opportunities arising from<br>
their existence. Those parts of the respective communities who like<br>
certification get involved, those who don't ignore it and are unaffected.<br>
<br>
The onus is on opponents to demonstrate -- rather than just theorize --<br>
damage to the community, given the large number of existing models<br>
available to examine. Without evidence the opposition is just<br>
fearmongering, and in my opinion STFU is an appropriate response to<br>
fearmongering of any kind.<br>
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