Re: Dotgeek PHP Certification Programme: Open Source and Open Standards

Hi David! I am generally *for* posting this news item on PHP.net, unless someone else objects against it. We need to leave off the reference to commercial programs and, however we could leave the statement on the nonprofit nature of the program, plus we need shorter text to publish. Anybody against? [Please keep on using 'reply all' when communicating with us, so others on this mailing lsit will also receive your answer.] Regards, Gabor Hojtsy > For publication on php.net under news. > > The DotGeek Certified PHP Programmer Certification Programme > > The Dotgeek PHP Certification Programme is an independent, open source > and totally free certification programme. > > Some people might assume that certain commercial certification > programmes (e.g. MySQL Certification, RedHat Linux Certification, > Oracle etc.) are widely accepted by industry and employers. Dotgeek > differs from these. It is not certificated upon the basis of profit. > Its independent third party certification is not profit driven, and it > presents some important advantages: > > - Open Standard: the community of users, which evolves continuously; > can contribute to the certification standards. > - Objective: because there is no economic factor whatsoever in its > structures, the process remain as objective and realistic as it could > possibly be; > - Transparent: certification standards and the details of its certified > programmers are publicly accessible by third parties; The names, > qualifications and professional positions of its Board Members are > openly published and constantly updated; > - Practical: Those seeking application demonstrate their knowledge with > their code and though tutorials. This might have some practical > implications for individuals such as yourself. > -Free: Certification is offered at no cost. Board members are well > qualified volunteers from the PHP community. > > more information at > http://www.dotgeek.org/about.php?type=certify > > > > Regards > David Costa > >