# The "Works on My Machine" Certification Program

**URL:** <https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/599>\
**Category:** blog\
**Created:** [March 15, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/599 "2007-03-15T00:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![LesS](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LesS](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/LesS)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/599/84 "2010-02-06T00:00:00Z")

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appropriate for any VSTO deployment on a local desktop. Truly, it works on my machine; just not the user’s. I even managed to get it to work on another developer’s computer. Just not the user’s.

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**Author:** ![mmarschall](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@mmarschall](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/mmarschall)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/599/85 "2010-04-24T00:00:00Z")

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This reminds me on a policy, our CTO introduced once: “Locally signed off is releasable”

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**Author:** ![CamilaC](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@CamilaC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/CamilaC)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/599/86 "2011-01-31T00:00:00Z")

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I wanted my website to get WOMM-Certification. However, I faced some serious issues during the process and actually gave it up. It happened quite a while ago, so I’m a bit frustrated to find this article only now. But as far as I understood, you don’t have to own an [MBA](http://www.lsbf.org.uk/programmes/masters/mba.html) degree to pass the certification process.

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**Author:** ![CamilaC](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@CamilaC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/CamilaC)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/599/87 "2011-01-31T00:00:00Z")

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By the way, forgot to mention that you are doing great work! I believe that one can succeed in business and life only through hard work and constant revision.  
[ACCA Revision Courses](http://www.fbt-global.com/professional/acca/acca-part-time-courses/acca-revision/)

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**Author:** ![Zlynx](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/z/ed655f/32.png) [@Zlynx](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Zlynx)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/599/88 "2011-03-28T00:00:00Z")

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WorksOnMyMachine is why web hosted applications are so popular. Now it only has to work on your web server!

It’s also why so many companies now ship software complete with its own virtual machine image. Now you can just have a copy of my machine!

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**Author:** ![SharppharmaS](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@SharppharmaS](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/SharppharmaS)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/599/89 "2011-07-01T00:00:00Z")

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Thanks Joseph,It’s nice article.your idea and your way of thinking is really helpful for the software developers.Please visit [sharppharma](http://www.sharppharma.com),It is also help to way of new thinking and technology.

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**Author:** ![neoaisac](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/neoaisac/32/73941_2.png) [@neoaisac](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/neoaisac)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/599/91 "2016-01-20T09:19:41Z")

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I’m sure that the `&quot;` in the title worked on your machine?

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Harner](https://discourse-cdn.codinghorror.com/user_avatar/discourse.codinghorror.com/scott_harner/32/75160_2.png) [@Scott\_Harner](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Scott_Harner)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program/599/92 "2018-02-04T21:16:03Z")

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I used the “Works on My Machine” logo as my instant messenger avatar at work and was encouraged to see that members of all teams found it to be humorous. It’s good that we can all have a healthy sense of humor about the mindset that spawned this article.

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