On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 14:38 +1000, Christopher Yeoh wrote: > At 2006/9/29 14:15+1000 Brenda Aynsley writes: > > > > ah so you're saying registration of IT practitioners is not a good thing > > no matter who is the registering authority because it means some sort of > > peer review of capabilities which therefore undermines the contribution > > that people can make? > > Open source development relies on the peer review of the actual > contribution. If you have peer review of what is actually > contributed, peer review of what capabilities you think the > contributor may have becomes a lot less relevant. > > It doesn't matter so much what people are theoretically capable of, > but what they actualy deliver. Open Source development reviews what > they deliver, registration techniques review what they are a capable > of. > > I think registration/qualifications are useful measure for potential > employers and people wanting to contract work out. I just think that > downsides of *mandatory* registration outweigh the benefits. Very well put Chris. I totally agree and have been trying to find a good way to put it and you've beaten me to it. -- Stewart Smith (stewart@linux.org.au) Committee Member, Linux Australia
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