Certification, Training and where Fedora can fit in -- WAS: My Final Summary (and I'll Shutup)

On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 12:19 -0400, Alex Maier wrote: Excellent! I was up at LinuxWorld Boston to partake in some LPI efforts. One thing that I had to point out is that both LPI and Red Hat have been ignoring their Alumni, while Novell does a far better job. [ NOTE: I only have a CNA, not a NCLP/NCLE, while having the Linux+, LPIC-1/LPIC-2 and RHCE. So I'm not biased towards Novell, just stating the obvious that LPI (like Red Hat) should do a better job. But even LPI sent me certificates and the best quality cards I've ever seen -- not bad for only paying $400 (actually $320 with discounts). ] No, no, this is a Red Hat list! Yes, it's Fedora, but I brought up the comment. My apologies if I prompted your post and people feel both were off-topic, but I'm _glad_ to see this happening. But back on point about Fedora, I don't really see Fedora being able to offer a certification. *HOWEVER*, I *DO* see the "Fedora Ambassadors" offering "free training" on Fedora at LUG meetings and other events (which possibly leads into RHEL too). That will lead to greater attendence for the LUGs. Win-win. I made the same argument with LPI by leveraging its Alumni at their local LUGs too. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------ ****** Speed doesn't kill. Difference in speed does! ******