Re: VS Express???

From: Ronald Laeremans [MSFT] (ronaldl_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 02:43:11 -0700

It still does, the budget to develop a certification exam is quite
substantial.

Do not give up hope however, I consider this a very important issue and we
are continuing discussions.

Ronald

"Ioannis Vranos" <ivr@guesswh.at.grad.com> wrote in message
news:eRUhU45YEHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Ronald Laeremans [MSFT] wrote:
>> The issue is that quite simply the number of customers taking these
>> certification exams and / or taking the corresponding training must allow
>> the training to be developed and delivered in a way that makes economic
>> sense, the numbers are not easy to make work for VC certification. It has
>> nothing to do with any agenda or with language popularity per se, just
>> with the popularity of customers desiring certification in the specific
>> topic or language.
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> Sorry for insisting a bit on the matter, however if not training, exams
> only could be provided, and I think this would not imply any financial
> damage.
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> Regards,
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> Ioannis Vranos

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