• I also can't see the government getting involved in vendor level certifications, providing the opportunity is there equally for all groups.

    That is very nice point get random 1000 CS college graduates after one month of prep and let them take exams 70-536 C#, 70-455 and 70-446. I am saying even open book most minorities and women may not pass these exams. Microsoft stopped providing VC++ exams because the pass rate is too low, the old MCSD.NET most could not pass the MCPD upgrade exam so Microsoft had to create two exams instead of one. You also know there are very few upgrades from SQL Server 2000 to 2005.

    I actually like 70-455 and respect 70-536 without the Microsoft provided prep books because I still think Microsoft needs to hire Richter or Herbert Schildt to write the C# base class exam book.

    Kind regards,
    Gift Peddie