[nmglug] certification of Engineers

[Sam Noble]

On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 19:41, Mars DeLapp wrote:
> One problem with getting one of those "certified engineer" certificates is that it is illegal to 
> advertise yourself as an engineer unless you are licensed as a professional engineer. Under New 
> Mexico state law, engineering licenses are issued by the State Board of Registration for 
> Professional Engineers, not Microsoft or Red Hat.
> 
> Microsoft, Red Hat, Novell or any other company has no authority to certify engineers anymore than 
> they have the authority to certify medical doctors, airline pilots or attorneys.

Well thank goodness there's no problem with the MSCM, as no one's going
to have more authority on that than MS anytime soon, But this may pose
an issue for RedHat if they move ahead with the proposed RHCM program.
Perhaps they can get the MS Board of Professional Morons on board with
them, or maybe they can change the name to Fedora Certified Ignoramus.
Or better yet they can use the firefox method and change the name so
often no one will ever have time to consider if it's inappropriate.

sam
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