At the end of the day... software is judged by whether it works for the customer or not. Not whether it has a long list of accreditations.
Thats nonsense. Management will continue to buy software and force it upon their engineers and techs based on the all important characteristics of...
- market hype - sales pitches - pretty colors - friendships and strategic alliances - flashy logos and websites - expensive lunches - cheapest quote
If you want to find "toomany shiesters out there peddling crap"... I suggest you go look in the accreditation industry.... is it little more than selling pretentious scout badges to detract from the quality of the software ?
open source software does tend to speak for itself. it will tend to get to a certain stage when it will self cleanse.
Seriously... how many of the worlds best open source projects are properly "accredited" from the start ?
The difference is, open source will tend to get better. However once you have paid for some piece of junk software - you may be stuck with it.
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