JFL wrote:
There is nothing wrong with being an MCSE or having Microsoft
certification. Infact, it is a sure way of getting a job in the
developed countries. 
This is very wrong beacuse it stops Linux from growing and so does it increase the populairty of windoze comeon! And by any chance if you are an employer please stop that attitude :-) !
In this era of computing I can get you all the certificates you have dreamt of (Original).That's why if you came to me with your papers and we have a vacancy I put you on prbation and fire you if don't perfom as you MSCE shows :-)
And if you want Linux to grow forget the papers not all these distros we use we engineered by MSCE's or RHCE's whatever! ;-)
The thing is how do we get linux to the desktop without MSCE's failing us  look windows 95 and 98 still in our schools why?How can yoiu convince such a kid that linux exists :-\



Quite a number of companies will look at your CV
and see MCSE, and give you extra points for that. Same applies if you
are CCNA, CCNP, RHCE. Certification will always look good in the
prospective employers eyes.
However,you cannot be blind to the fact the more and more
organisations are attempting to introduce OSS in the operations. So
even with your certifications, you need to adapt to the changing
enviroment.

On 4/27/05, Ronny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  
 The only reason why those organisations stay where they are because they
don't follow my signature  ;-) "We can't become what we need to be by
remaining what we are"
I mean do you think they have more money than the Pentagon,NASA or SARA! or
they need more support than these Organisations.I think it's something else
which we 're looking for :-) 
I once told one MSCE that Microsoft itself runs Unix/Linux servers ! I
narrowly escaped an upper-cut Later on some big guy at Microsoft mistakenly
said he uses Mozilla Firefox at the work place!!


The main reason windoze still leads the market is beacuse of the popularity
not proffesioality (They fool the world by the names like Window 2000/2003/
Proffesional yet it's the reverse) :-) 



Otherwise people shouldn't stop reading the moment they leave school.
Microsoft blinded Certified Engineers (MBCE) Sorry if you are one :-)
."Wamma" have a look at how far we have gone
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7063#mpart9

Ziggy I got the solution will try it thanks for the reply though. 
Ronny


 
 
 Lule George William wrote:
 
 Hey, hey JFL aka Kenneth,
Loosen up!! All the migrations we have seen or heard of (sometimes covering 
whole cities) took place whether the MCSE's agreed or not. When a
steamroller 
is moving, either you are on it or you are part of the road, let those
MCSE's 
make their choice.
And did I hear that the final decision makers regarding MTN are in SA? And
of 
Uganda and SA, who adopted a more OSS friendly stand first? Who knows, they 
could still be running M$ because they didn't think there was enough support
for OSS in .ug!! Guys, I still would go for James' suggestion, Semat may not
be able to get the bigwigs attention well enough, but someone with the right
credentials speaking in the right ears definately can. 
No offense Semat, by credentials, I mean the ability to sign support 
contracts, guarantee response times and all that. You threw that away the
day 
you joined. If it ever goes through, you will be part of the supported:-)
Will someone for heaven's sake take a shot at this?

On Wednesday 27 April 2005 12:30, JFL wrote:
 
 
 I agree.
Even if one were to demonstrate the advantages of opensource to the
local office, any change in IT policy would have to go through so many
layers of bureaucracy that by the time this policy change recieved the
attention of the powers that be down in SA,
all the certified MCSEs will be fighting to retain their jobs. I mean,
why would you need them when your organisation is going opensource.
Then there is the issue of how much M$ stands to lose when such a
large corporate organisation drops its products. They will probably
come out with guns blazing in defence of their products.

On 4/27/05, Mark Tinka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 
 
 On Monday 25 April 2005 13:35, JFL wrote:
 
 
 This is typical of any large organisation.They always look at the
details, not that we dont, but for them, its more about the fear of
losing money due to unreliable service than lack of appreciation of
the application.
If you presented your case with the support of one of the list members
who is in bed with Novell/SuSE or became one of the OpenExchange
partners (http://www.openexchange.com/EN/partner/), you
could have a
stronger case.
 
 But there are also deeper-rooted relationships that cannot be undone by
the goodness of a single package (read: UNIX better than M$), and many
times, they boil down to one guy in the organisation that influences both
the hand of the CEO as well as the vendor.

Sometimes, things like these are political, and in many corporate
environments, the way to getting change is not how much you know, but how
friendly and close you get to those that make the changes -
relationships.

Mark.

 
 
 Then again, you probably dont have the time to spend chasing a
dinosour and if its already working, why fix it.

On 4/25/05, Noah Sematimba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 
 
 On Monday 25 April 2005 01:27, JFL wrote:
 
 
 Hopefully they can be introduced to similar applications that are
available from the the open source communiry.
 
 In your dreams. Wire can testify of my drive to introduce
OpenExchange and my dismal failure... The problem is always "do we
get a support contract, phoe numbers to call, etc?"


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