When I was in Graduate School, one of the instructors said Windows NT
was going to make Linux obsolete in 2 years. That was 17 years ago. I
don't put much credibility in college instructor predictions :)
Regards,
George Toft
On 5/24/2015 4:23 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Yesterday, I met an individual going to ITT. We discussed our respective areas
of study and goals. Personally, I have a strong interest in Open Source and
Wireless. I'm also doing a CompTIA Network+ prep course through the Maricopa
County Library. It's free if you have a library card and a wealth of info
regardless if you're going to get that cert or not. He claims his instructors
say any of the CompTIA certs are worthless. He also says he actually 'hates
open source' and his instructors are telling him it's a 'dead-ender'. That
pretty much left me speechless.
I know I'm preaching to the choir on this part, but much of the web and cloud
runs on 'nix and it seems to be the preferred services offered. I've read
multiple articles that many big outfits are migrating to Open Source. Major
manufacturers are selling machines with 'nix as an option and guess what Google
uses in their data centers? Even consumer grade routers say 'Open Source Ready'
on the box and the fine print says they're compatible with DD-WRT. Oh, and then
there's that whole Android thing.
Are they really teaching those attitudes? Or maybe this individual is confused. Is
it even possible to get into the big-leagues of networking without needing to know
Open Source OS & apps?
-K
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