>If we can use the 70-100 exam as a guideline, the real exam will not be
>available for 4 to 6 months after the beta exam is closed.

I'm of the opinion that we can't use 70-100 as a guideline -- did you take it? If so, did you actually get through it without crashing? :-) That was one of the worst betas I've ever been on (still don't have my score <*sigh*>). They probably had to put a lot of time into getting the code right, getting the test centers to upgrade to over 640....

>Now I read that they're still preparing the exams, resorting to having the
>developers from outside Microsoft write their own questions (No insult meant to
>anyone. It just astounds me that Microsoft, the company that wrote the damn
>program, and who is the final arbiter of what they consider to be an
>acceptable level of competence in it, couldn't get this done with their own
>people).

Actually, I'd rather have real-world business-type developers writing the questions, rather than ivy-tower types deciding what they think I should know for my own good (no offense, guys)....

>Obviously, my certification isn't worth the paper it's printed on....
>*snip*
>Being certified in 3-year old, 3-version old
>technology is meaningless,

Yeah, especially if you can't count how many versions have gone by....