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On 03/28/2018 03:54 PM, Alejandro R. Mosteo wrote:
> On 27/03/18 21:25, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>>
>> If any certification will ever be set up, it will be certification of the 
>> tools and developing processes/teams, not certification of the actual 
>> software. That is the usual backdoor to go around any questions about 
>> correctness.
> 
> I understand that now.

I've seen S/W developed by a company that was CMMI Level 5 certified. It might 
have some use as fertilizer. That's what you get when you certify processes.

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Jeff Carter
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