On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Ed Sawicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Scott Lamberton wrote: > > > "Could we get some user referrals from some LPI certified people who can > > talk about the pros and cons of vendor-neutral certification?" > > I'm an advocate of vendor-neutral certification for numerous > reasons. The primary reason is monopolies stifling innovation. > The Microsoft monopoly has had a stranglehold on the computer > industry for over 20 years. These years have been marked by > general stagnation of the industry and exploitation of the > computer-using public. > > One example of this is computer viruses. We've had them in > various forms for over 20 years. Rather than solve this > problem, the industry has exploited the problem to create a > revenue stream: anti-virus software, anti-spyware software, > etc. > > Corporations tend to solve problems in ways that maximize > their profits. I don't believe this changes just because the > vendor is selling open source software like Linux. > Vendor-specific certifications encourage people to build > social capital in specific brands, thus increasing the > likelihood of monopolistic practices. One day we may replace > the Microsoft monopoly with an equally exploitive Novell or > Red Hat monopoly. We're all better off if certifications are > neutral. > > Ed Sawicki > Accelerated Learning Center > _______________________________________________ > lpi-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss > Hi, Well companies buy RedHat/Novell to ensure that someone is on their back if they got stuck .So, they also hire men who know the stuff being used there. Presence of RedHat like companies is as necessary as FOSS itself. Corporate companies are not gonna use any distro. not being supported by a reliable group. Now, If we want to make an ideal vendor neutral certification then we need to put all vendor-neutral skills+vendor specific skills. So, Company will prefer Mr. A holding LPIC over Mr. B holding RHCE.... bcoz Mr.A knows more then any single verdor-specific cert holder. And we people will also love to take single LPIC track instead of holding multiple distro certs. If not then how a LPIC holder gonna compete with RHCE..etc holders if he isn't master @ some typical things specific to a distro but being used @ where he applied for job. So, can we say Vendor neutral != No vendor specific thing but Vendor neutral == Things being used in field from every distro. -- Regards, Mustafa Qasim Lahore, Pakistan Cell: 0321-6614972 URL: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MustafaQasim Registered Linux User# 441709.
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