Knowledge and the ability to communicate it are what matter. Credentials are evidence of the possibility that the person is familiar with knowledge regarding a topic and can communicate that knowledge, but not proof in the absence of performance.
Fred
On Jun 1, 2005, at 1:44 PM, Andrew Venier wrote:
It still leaves the question: Why would the project expend such an effort to validate credentials, when one of its operating principles is that credentials don't count for anything?