I fully agree. What we need is to create a larger universe of people benefiting from Linux...
As for Linux, I am a fairly veteran user - since RH 5.1, and I have never took one certification course. But I am not qualified to instruct and teach, only help with emailed advice. Z. 2010/8/24 Tzafrir Cohen <[email protected]> > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:42:58AM -0600, Steve G. wrote: > > I meant that Oracle is sponsoring training on Oracle products, not Open > > Source... > > > > MS has a complete universe of people who benefit from them, including > > companies creating workaround for bugs and missing features (memory > > optimizers, active directory cleaners, disk cleaners, data cleaners, > etc.). > > The certification business is a profitable one for Microsoft, Cisco, > Novell, RedHat, and others. > > There is a whole universe of people who benefit from {Novell,RedHat,Linux}, > including companies creating workaround for bugs and missing features. > > > Oracle has training in usage of its DB, programming languages, etc. Linux > > has nothing of the sort, except for RHCE, Suse certifications, etc. > > So people learn how to use Linux out of thin air? Through telepathy[1]? > > > > > Each one of these businesses is an ambassador for MS - they WANT you to > use > > Windows, so they can train you or sell you their goods. > > The same applies to Linux. And to FreeBSD. And to MacOSX. And whatever. > > Linus the Evil wants to take over the world, you know. > > [1] Anybody providing courses via Instant Messaging? > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen | [email protected] | VIM is > http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's > [email protected] | | best > [email protected] | | friend > _______________________________________________ > Discussions mailing list > [email protected] > http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions > -- Check out my web site - www.words2u.net
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