FYI - CompTia is rolling out a program that will allow certification holders (of all vendors) to register and receive a single (global if you will) ID number. You will register all your certifications...and they will be verified. This will allow for a single transcript to be available to you, or to an employer if you allow!! I think it's a good idea...finally.

Also, I remember a conversation I had with a previous Director of the OCP Program at Oracle. She indicated that the DBO Program was not performing very well at all. The numbers at that time were only a couple hundred...and it had been out for quite a number of months.

I also believe that Oracle will not release the Oracle9i version of the DBO certification...as the OCA-level of 9i DBA will cover the same material. I think that if the number of DBOs was significant, they wouldn't do that. Not to mention that no one hires DBOs, they hire Junior DBAs (sometimes)!!

There's my 2 cents.