Jim,

>One minor point of contention, the cost of a test is not in the site and hardware for taking the test, it is in the test development and evaluation. A really well designed test costs a lot of money to develop, evaluate, and refine. I know from first hand experience with the VFP MCP exams.
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>I just don't share your enthusiasm for web based certification testing. It may just be my basic distrust for human nature.

I think these are problems which are going to be solved in the near future, as for the costs, Let's say that a good test costs about $ 100.000 and there are about 10.000 candiates which take the test. It will cost $ 10 per candidate. Advertisement and other employers will gladly pay this $ 10 to know if this candidate is a good one or not. Another idea is to let the candidate pay a small amount via a credit card.

It seems we have to agree to disagree. The future will tell us who's right or who's wrong....

See you in Ede,

Walter,