OT: Cisco Certified Architect

Hi

Not sure how many has seen the latest additions to the CISCO careers paths.
In particular the new Cisco Certified Architect* *being regarded as the
highest level of accreditation achievable within the Cisco Career
Certification program.
http://tinyurl.com/ln5vl9

There are guys on this mailing that has been CCIE's (triple,quad,quintuple,
etc) some for 10+ years? And now to qualify for this exam the CCDE is a
prerequisite, I personally don't feel that is fair.
Secondly this will remove a lot of accreditation and value from the CCIE
program. Good and a bad thing, but I think more bad than good.

I would like to hear some feedback what you guys think and feel about this?
GOOD/BAD/ etc

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