You could suggest degrees of certification. E.g., bronze would be bog-standard technical compliance. Platinum would be granted for commitment to cover support across a number of platforms, OS, for a certain number of years, open publication of APIs, high security, a process to handle customers requests, and maximum turnaround on critical bug/security fixes. Etc.
Regards, Francis At 31/05/2006 04:01, Arthur Entlich wrote: >I had an idea that I pitched to MS a few years back, that they not issue > a "Windows Compatible" designation on a peripheral unless the company >signs an agreement that they will guarantee to supply upgraded drivers >with changes in OS's for a certain number of years (I thought 8-10 years >would be about right). > >MS's legitimate response was the company is already accused of trying to >control the industry and this would not go over well with with >peripheral manufacturers. However, since MS owns the certification >process, personally, I'd like to see them require some minimal time >period on all certified products. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
