On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Harvey Rothenberg <[email protected]>wrote:
> Back To You: > Dear Nick, Brad and the List, > > Nick, you said, *"* ... getting a RH specific cert felt like a waste of > my time (learning RH specifics just for an exam). Looking back I probably > would have gotten RHCE as it's just more widely known and you don't have to > defend/explain yourself every time.* "* > > I have recently talked with two developers about Linux/Unix and they have > developed software for the US Government. It seems that Uncle Sam just > wants to recognize and use Red Hat (or this is what has been presented to > me). > > It would seem that one of the largest users of Linux wishes to stick with > a single distribution, and because of this interesting comment, these > developers do NOT want to spend their time developing for other > distributions (their choice). > > I present to you that this may be a reason to, *yet*, pick-up a Red Hat > Certification. Does anyone have other information to suggest otherwise ? > I would be interested in learning which other distributions should be > considered. Besides, this possibly adds to the information that an LPI > Cert. would be a good investment. > > I will thank you gentlemen and the list for your information, at this > time. I look forward to your responses. > > Regards, > Harvey Rothenberg > Systems Integrator/Security Specialist > > “Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.” > Albert Einstein > > > Harvey, I think that just reinforces my comment. I think RHCE is the cert to get if you are spending time on one today, my comment was that at the time I was using Ubuntu/Debian exclusively in my position, with little RH direct experience, and thus learning RH just for a certificate didn't feel (at the time) as a good use of my time. I actually use RHEL and CentOS systems almost exclusively now, but it was 5+ (?) years ago when I got my LPIC-2 cert. Also, while the government may be focusing on RHEL that's certainly not the case in the private sector from my experience. There are lots of shops running Ubuntu server exclusively, but they tend to be newer companies (some of them very large). At the end of the day it's the best tool for the job. For some folks it's Ubuntu, for some it's RHEL. I happen to agree with the tenants of RHEL, so I go that route by default, but not always. Nick
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