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by jpollock
3604 days ago
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Paying for certification is what's required. Governments require various certifications to sell to them, and that certification costs money in consultancies. RHEL paid for the testing, they get a certification and access to the customer. It looks like this is probably referring to EAL [1][2]. In a market with a large number of vendors interacting with a large number of relatively unknowledgeable buyers, an oversight team is going to try to find a certification to give guidance (and ass covering). Yes, this is a barrier to entry, but it's also a learned behaviour as buyers get repeatedly burned. I would argue that this is equivalent to requiring your plumbers and electricians to be licensed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaluation_Assurance_Level
[2] https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-achie... |
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