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MCSD Cert Available for a while?
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| SInce the .NET versions have come around, how long will
the regular MCSD Certification testing be available?
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| Erno de Weerd 2002-11-13, 7:23 am |
| All exams except the 70-300 are available.
The 70-300 exam was in beta last week and will be available around feb 2003
Regards,
Erno de Weerd
MCSD MCAD MCT
"Lonni" <avalon_ave@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ebe701c28b02$690cd7c0$37e
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> SInce the .NET versions have come around, how long will
> the regular MCSD Certification testing be available?
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| Erno de Weerd 2002-11-13, 7:23 am |
| Ah!
Just re-read...
Well Microsoft will support Visual Basic 6 until 2008...
But in my humble opinion: Most developers will (and have already started to)
get certified in .NET
Indeed some of the developers I work with regard COM as I regard CPM...
<sigh> I'm getting old...
Anyway, in a year or so, I don't expect many developers to certify for the
COM-world anymore...
Just my 2c...
Erno de Weerd
MCSD MCAD MCT
"Erno de Weerd" <ernow@infosupport.com> wrote in message
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> All exams except the 70-300 are available.
> The 70-300 exam was in beta last week and will be available around feb
2003
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> Regards,
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> Erno de Weerd
> MCSD MCAD MCT
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> "Lonni" <avalon_ave@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ebe701c28b02$690cd7c0$37e
f2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA13...
> > SInce the .NET versions have come around, how long will
> > the regular MCSD Certification testing be available?
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| The fact that Don Box moved to Microsoft to do XML says everything about the
future of COM.
IMHO there no future.
"Erno de Weerd" <ernow@infosupport.com> wrote in message
news:e7AxwQxiCHA.2172@tkmsftngp10...
> Ah!
>
> Just re-read...
>
> Well Microsoft will support Visual Basic 6 until 2008...
>
> But in my humble opinion: Most developers will (and have already started
to)
> get certified in .NET
> Indeed some of the developers I work with regard COM as I regard CPM...
> <sigh> I'm getting old...
>
> Anyway, in a year or so, I don't expect many developers to certify for the
> COM-world anymore...
>
> Just my 2c...
>
> Erno de Weerd
> MCSD MCAD MCT
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> "Erno de Weerd" <ernow@infosupport.com> wrote in message
> news:#pLogAxiCHA.1884@tkmsftngp10...
> > All exams except the 70-300 are available.
> > The 70-300 exam was in beta last week and will be available around feb
> 2003
> >
> > Regards,
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> > Erno de Weerd
> > MCSD MCAD MCT
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> > "Lonni" <avalon_ave@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:ebe701c28b02$690cd7c0$37e
f2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA13...
> > > SInce the .NET versions have come around, how long will
> > > the regular MCSD Certification testing be available?
> >
> >
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| Alan Davis 2002-11-14, 1:23 am |
| >Well Microsoft will support Visual Basic 6 until 2008...
I was told that VB support would end in Jan 2005, I guess they have
changed there minds.
interesting to see that for VC++ mainstream support will end in sept
2003 (extended sept 2005) and extended support for J++ even earlier,
in Sep-2004!
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| Alan Davis 2002-11-14, 1:23 am |
| >IMHO there no future.
COM will be around a long time. No company in their right mind whose
core business is not software development, would want to
replace/redesign & rewrite systems that will simply do the same thing
only in dot net! There will be some, but given how the 'business' side
see's the IT side, it would be hard to go cap in hand to the financial
director asking for money ---- IT 'Can we have 50,000 extra this
year?' FD 'Why?' IT 'So we can re-write that system we implemented
last year [6 mouths late] into dot net' FD 'No. BTW your budget has
been cut by 50% to stop our company from going under'.
So, this means there will be systems needing supporting for some time
to come. Back in the mid 80's I was told Cobol was about to die, as C
took over the number one stop - there are still plenty of Cobol
systems running today.
Naturally the dot net framework tools will change the way software is
constructed on Microsoft platforms. And companies will have to make
the move sooner or later (or move platform vendors), However, simple
economics rather than the lack of common sense will put the chains on
gun-ho IT departments as to when the timing of this move 'may' be.
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