Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!interlan.InterLan.COM!interlan.interlan.com!yetsko From: yetsko@interlan.interlan.com (Mike Yetsko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: Novell Certfication Message-ID: Date: 9 Jan 91 17:01:20 GMT References: <1991Jan9.112347.37512@eagle.wesleyan.edu> Reply-To: yetsko@interlan.interlan.com Organization: Racal InterLan, Inc., Boxborough, MA (1-800-LAN-TALK) Lines: 20 In-reply-to: mtidgewell@eagle.wesleyan.edu's message of 9 Jan 91 16:23:46 GMT If you don't think certification is worth anything, just get a hold of a copy of the certification suite, and try running your stuff through it yourself. Then, when items fail specific portions of the test, ask yourself if that area of the test is important to you. It may not be. What you buy when you get the certified stuff is a frame of reference, as a LOT of stuff, even certified, doesn't pass all test 100%. Usually there are exceptions, little 'addendums in fine print' that really aren't THAT important to some users. But the main thing is Novell will not grant certification to things that crash and burn, and they seem to have a knack for brings that behaviour out. I got my driver certified, and it was a BITCH. These guy would find little nit-picking stuff, then ask if I wanted a note on the certification, so I'd make a change and resubmit. Took 4 changes to the code AFTER I was sure it would breeze through and pass with no problems! Mike Yetsko InterLan