On 5/1/07, Ed Sawicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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This may be a bit off-topic:
Lately, I've noticed that the number of people who are
seeking product-specific Linux training is increasing.
By product-specific, I mean distribution-specific. For
example, I get calls asking for SuSE 10 training and
they won't accept a more generic Linux course.
I think these people want to learn the graphical
management tools of a particular distribution and are
uninterested in the way it's done at the command line.
How does this impact your plans?
Let me share an experience I had a year ago.
A big international company's regional branch specifically requested
SUSE training for some of their administrators and developers, since a
part of their linux infrastructure is based on SUSE. They refused LPI
training when it was offered to them insted because they figured that
since they have SUSE only, they need SUSE training.
Let me note here that SUSE's current curriculum is heavily geared
towards administration with their GUI tool, YAST.
When the training started, it turns out that the linux infrastructure
they needed training for, was some custom hardware loaded with a
heavily customized and tailored SUSE 7.X distribution.
People working with SUSE know that SUSE7's YAST is something different
from SUSE 10's YAST. Furthermore, since the software is now somewhat
obsolete and the hardware being exotic and all, most administration
and upgrades were done in a custom, non-yast way.
The training I gave them may was useful but it was not what they
needed. They should have chosen LPI's neutral focus on the low-level
workings of a linux distribution.
Although I find SUSE's official training materials superior in quality
from any other linux training material I examined, I still prefer
LPI's neutral approach, and I hope it that the high demand for
distribution specific won't affect them. LPI doesn't need to replace
any other certification, just complement them.
Regards
- Giannis
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