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Subject:Re: Certification From:Marilynne Smith <mrsmith -at- CTS -dot- COM> Date:Sat, 23 Dec 1995 08:40:00 PST
At 05:00 PM 12/21/95 -0500, David Ibbetson wrote:
While I agree with the whole of David's posting, I would like to comment on
part of it.
>Without the certification, would have no way of knowing
>whether a professional widgit-maker or whatever was competent.
I cannot believe that a certificate can prove competance. It would be more
like a degree, certifying that the person holds a certain body of
information. Competence is hard to prove without the performance to back it up.
Marilynne
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