I’ve received today the last MCP Flash email and the first paragraph say this:
I don’t know who is the Team involved on deciding the right direction for Microsoft Certifications, but sometimes there are errors that are really unbelievable…
From July 1, 2009, if you’ll obtain a Microsoft Certification and you want a paper certificate, you’ve to pay for having it! Certifications will be available for free only in digital format.
I think this is a wrong decision for these main reasons:
- A digital certificate has no value. Can you present an MCP certificate printed on an A4 paper to someone? Are you credible? I think it could seem like a good work on Photoshop… :)
- Actually Microsoft certifications has no a low cost. Now we’ve to pay also for having a certificate? If you don’t want to send paper certificate for free, cut the exam cost to the half!
- Someone has thinked about shipping and handling fee? If you’re in USA, maybe with few dollars you’re ok… but if you live outside USA? Shipping and handling fees could be too high.
This decision seems to me (but maybe not only to me) not like a “Going Green” direction, but maybe like a “Going Cheaper” one (and this helps to reduce the value and the popularity of these types of certifications I think).
No… for me this is not the right direction!!