"Bryan J. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would take the viewpoint of the opposite. I would continue to let the > vendors/organizations certify as they see fit.
I don't understand this statement. LPI is an org that does certifications. Who are the Perl or Apache or PostgreSQL vendors that would step up to the plate to do this? Waiting for training companies to design their own certifications worries me to no end. The term 'conflict of interest' keeps popping into my head. > Given the limited resources of LPI, I would limit any considerations to > fostering an inter-entity partnership if LPI would take this up. Well, I can't speak to the resources of LPI but I do agree that we should make these partnerships with the various foundations that 'own' the various technologies. I mentioned this more in a previous e-mail so I won't go into it here. > Leveraging existing CIW exams, plus LPI and MySQL AB exams with more > detailed focus on Linux and MySQL testing, respectively, this would be a > great cross-track. There is a catch on the partnerships, though. If we want these new certs to be eligible for NOCA/NCCA [http://www.noca.org] in the fashion that we are applying for with the admin certs, certain things [like proper pschometrics] have to be carried out. > In fact, I'd pitch it to CIW and let them run with it. I'm confused here, too. You say that the one cert that they do have sucks. Why encourage them to do more, if they may suck? I would much rather see an organization that doesn't have profit as a motive do the OSS certs, too. > It could only help advocate more LPI exam takers. At least if and when LPI > has the resources to tackle new level 3 exam electives for Apache, > databases, etc... How do you know that this is a resource issue? Perhaps it's a market readiness issue that's holding back level 3? Or a clear definition of just what level 3 should be? When I went to the UN/WSIS conference last year, more people there were interested in desktop certifications than YAAC [Yet Another Admin Cert]. > P.S. The Apache Foundation is a trustworthy enough meritocracy to > introduce exams if and when they see fit, or work with another organization > to do so. Exactly what I was thinking. Regards, -- g. matthew rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> starnix, thornhill, ontario, ca phone: 905-771-0017 x242 gpg id: EF9AAD20 http://www.starnix.com professional linux services & products _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
