Evan In my last job I had worked in an environment that had Windows XP Pro desktops, Windows servers and Linux servers. By company policy all desktops were running Windows. The MCSA/MCSE was responsible, among other things, to configure in every desktop printer access, mail configuration with the Exchange server and joining me with the active directory. Should a company chooses to deploy Linux desktops, Linux IT Pros will need to be trained to support end users.
>And finally, fiscal prudence demands answers to core questions: >- who would take such an exam? Personally I believe that people who have already obtained the LPIC-1, work in a company IT department and are been asked to deploy and maintain Linux desktops. >- why would they spend money to take it? Because their employer deploys or plans to deploy Linux desktops. >- what would they be prepared to pay? Pretty much as much as one single LPI exam. A 4-5 day long course or a self study book and the exam fee. >The ultimate question, from the business perspective is: "will enough >people pay to take the exam to cover its substantial development and >delivery costs?" The answer to this is not easy. It is not a coincidence >that many groups -- LPI, Red Hat, Novell, Comptia and others -- have >created Linux system administration certification systems, yet none has >indicated even a serious intention to do a desktop cert. The financial >justification is very difficult using current models. Actually Novell is launching CLDA http://www.novell.com/training/certinfo/clda/ They had some betas a few days ago. Ioannis _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
