From: Frank Vincentelli > After all, do you go back to college every couple of years > to graduate again?
YES! It's called "continuing education." Virtually every major, certified/licensed profession based on a traditional/theory-based degree *REQUIRES* you to "go back to school" and gain newer, practical, technical experience under some sort of "certificate program" every 5 years. ;-) The "traditional, base 'theory'" of a "college degree" might be perpetual. But even those professions say on-going, real-world, technical application is "time limited." I can't believe I have to cover this over and over and over again. ;-) -- Sent from my Treo Frank On Thursday December 07, 2006 5:20 pm, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > From: Andreas K. Foerster > > > Well, to me this "inactive" still sounds too much like "invalid". > > (and now comes the real, neverending differences over semantics ;-) > > > So how about a change in the labeling? > > How about a "recertification recommended" status, > > or "current" versus "not current", or "dated", or something > > like that? > > I'm sure others will disagree there too, saying they are worse and make > other suggestions. > > But maybe - JUST MAYBE - it's because LPI is more "in-sync" with > peer-professional/licensing organizations/agencies, but "INACTIVE" merely > and often means you didn't renew, did not meet continuing requirements, > etc... for "ACTIVE" status. > > So at this point, I think everyone should trust LPI's judgement on the > semantics. ;-) > > Although I'm sure that just some of the arrogant engineer coming out in me, > causing me to roll my eyes at the technicians that aren't familar with > many professional regulatory agencies/boards. ;-) I mean, unlike nearly all > other certification programs, LPI even has the program setup for > "PROBATION" and other "disciplinary" actions. > > I mean, other vendors and programs are too busy with marketing and would > just kick you out if you went against their wishes. LPI is trying to build > a program _respected_ by not only peer Linux professionals, but > established, professional and regulatory organizations and agencies in > general. ;-) -- There are 10 types of people in the world... Those who understand binary, And those who don't. _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
