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    <p>Alexandros,</p>
    <p>I got this question from someone else the other day and reached
      out to the Foundation for answers.</p>
    <p>The response I got was that they had been providing this to
      support the community in the past but no longer felt it was
      necessary as other companies in the community had started their
      own offerings.  So, they were choosing to remove their COA exam
      given that there were now good alternatives available.<br>
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    <p>Hope this information helps.</p>
    <p>Thanks!</p>
    <p>Jay</p>
    <p>(jungleboyj)<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/25/2019 2:19 AM, Alexandros
      Soumplis wrote:<br>
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      <p>That's an interesting question if anyone could elaborate</p>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/01/2019 14:24, Eduardo Gonzalez
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            <div>Reading the info in the COA site [0] says the following<i>
                "The OpenStack Foundation is winding down the
                administration of the COA exam".</i></div>
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            <div>Is there any reason for retiring the exam? I've tried
              to find a notice in the mailing list but not found
              anything<i> </i>at all.</div>
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            <div>[0] <a href="https://www.openstack.org/coa/"
                moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstack.org/coa/</a></div>
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            <div>Regards<i><br>
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