On Thursday 07 December 2006 23:48, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > From: Hans Forbrich > > > Funny thing is - every other certification, > > and certificate I have (including > > Engineering Degree) > > > has a qualifier in it. > > Oracle 9i > > Sun Solaris V > > BSc EE 1979 > > As does LPI's Certificates. > Mine says 2003. ;-) > > > And once that is issued, it is issued for life. > > Simply means I passed the > > requirements at the time. > > Same deal for LPI. > > BTW, Sun and Oracle very much _do_ have "current" requirements. ;-) > At one point Sun was trying to enforce a 2-year, then 2-revision > "decertification," but they backed down from it more recently. But there > are still _far_stricter_ limits on usage and duration.
Interesting. As far as I can tell, none of the Oracle documentation related to their 'certification' discusses an expiry time. Nor does it discuss a restriction on how long I can use the logo or title. The industry, however, does recognize that Oracle8i is obsolete and certification against Oracle8i is not considered a bonus when applied to an Oracle10g environment. > > LPI is very, very much different in the fact that they _never_ take away > your rights to the LPIC title or logo usage. > > (BTW, remember your degree is *NOT* a "license" or other "certificate" 'to > practice,' although it may qualify you for such - but you still have to > pass _additional_ exams and requirements, including "continuing education" > to stay "ACTIVE" ;-). _______________________________________________ Sound like the discussion really centers around "Does LPI test for competency for a specific technology, or does LPI license practitioners?" That said, I'm still confused why it's called "Linux Certification". It seems to me it's "Linux and all sorts of add-ons that happend to be in various distros Certification". <g> /Hans _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
