Re: Perl Training Directory

In article <[email protected]>, 
[email protected] (Gabor Szabo) wrote:

> I have setup a directory of Perl Training companies and Perl Trainers at
> http://www.perltraining.org/ organized per country.

this might violate perltraining.com's service mark since it would
create confusion in the marketplace by using a very similar name.
you should choose another name, or come to some sort of agreement
with perltraining.com.

additionally, some of the companies that you listed teach 
internationally.  i know Stonehenge Consulting Services does,
so listing them by country can be misleading.  Indeed, Stonehenge
has done work in the UK and Australia very recently, but are not
listed there.

> I offered to do this on a voluntary basis under the umbrella of perl.org
> replacing the current page on www.perl.org (
> http://www.perl.org/phbs/training.html ) 
> which has not been maintained for while - but has not received any reply
> yet.

it is maintained, but i haven't added to it because i
don't recommend companies that i don't know about or have any
way of evaluating.

indeed, i've actually added every company that has asked to
be listed. :)

> BTW who exactly should I contact at perl.org for this ?

i'm the right person at the moment, but i don't endorse the
project unless there is some way to evaluate the companies
that are listed.  i don't believe in creating "phone books"
then letting the customer choose a company that can't do the
job.  many companies will say they can do Perl training but
what you get is little more than a new "Perl programmer"
reading off of slides.

everyone on http://www.perl.org/phbs/training.html has
a proven record of training and i would not hestiate to
recommend any of them.  i can't be so sure of other companies, 
so i don't recommend them.

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