Wow! Thats a lot of money. The Pass thru mentioned, does it also mean that payment need to be made? I wonder what is the purpose of them charging so much? Scott Silva wrote: > on 6-18-2008 6:55 AM Johnny Hughes spake the following: >> Nicholas wrote: >>> Herrold, >>> >>> I meant RH, in terms of the RHEL distro. I look forward to have >>> centos gain the LSB, what is needed for the pass thru? is the main >>> CentOS community interested? >>> >>> As for the rest, thank you for the sharing of info. >>> >>> The LSB should be concern to encourage developers to built stuff >>> that can be used across distros. LSB should reduce problems of >>> desktop users who have been finding difficulty in getting stuff like >>> printer drivers and other paraphernalia. The more distros adopting >>> LSB then more developers/manufacturers will be encouraged on the use >>> of LSB. >> >> Well .. I have run the latest testing scripts and CentOS-5.1 passes >> the 3.1 LSB for Core and Desktop. >> >> It does not pass the 3.2 LSB tests yet (neither does RHEL-5). >> >> I will work with Russ to see if I can get CentOS certified without >> paying $20,000.00 a year to make it happen. >> >> If we have to pay for this, well we can't be certified. >> >> Note, only one version of Ubuntu (6.0.6 LTS) and no Debian or Fedora >> versions are certified. >> >> Thanks, >> Johnny Hughes > I really believe that any "standards" organization that charges that > much is just extorting money for a small perceived benefit. > If it passes the testing scripts, that should be enough for a "free" > distribution. Microsoft does the same thing for its "certified" > drivers. They charge an extortion fee for the service. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Nicholas A. Suppiah Training & Certification Manager Open Source Competency Centre (OSCC) MAMPU Tel: 603 8319 1200 URL: http://opensource.mampu.gov.my --- Join OSCC MAMPU Mailing Lists http://lists.oscc.org.my/mailman/listinfo/oscc-discuss