From: Anselm Lingnau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It is as well to remember that Red Hat's main business > is selling Linux expertise to commercial customers, > with sidelines in developing and packaging software > and providing training for the Red Hat »priesthood«.
Not to nitpick, but based on their own, public reportings, I would argue Red Hat is, in order ... 1. Primarily an employer of GPL-centric developers 2. Secondarily a provider of GPL-centric subscriptions/services 3. Tertiarily a provider of training and hands-on testing But my greater reason for responding ... > This is very different from LPI, which unlike almost > every other certification provider in the IT industry > does not have actual products to peddle other than > certificates. You're not differentiating a _huge_ difference. Not only does LPI not peddle in software products and services, LPI does not peddle in training products and services. That's a huge and major difference from several, other, alleged product/vendor agnostic organizations. > In other words, LPIC certification is a first-class > citizen; it can stand on its own without having to be > constantly tweaked to deliver what external players such > as the product development, product marketing, partner > liaison, etc. departments expect from it this month. Agreed. Although if there is one thing about Red Hat, it's that their subscriptions, services and training is build around what their developers feel are important. Sure, a lot of those developers are influence by what they are feeling from their customers. But by default, and to the dismay of many of their customers, they side with the community on development decisions more than their customers. It really has a lot more to do with sustainability than anything. > (This is my personal opinion and not that of Linup Front > GmbH.) And my opinions are always of my own, stubborn creation. ;) _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
