Hi, At 00:18 30/06/2008, you wrote: >I was recently reading a prospectus for a local colledge. They had >courses on thing like Photoshop, Vista and Flash. I got the distinct >feeling that they were charging several hudred dollars to teach stuff I >could probably figure out for myself but taking one of these course may >help get a job. It also occured to me that there were no courses on >GIMP, Lynux, SVG etc.. > >If you want to touch up holiday snaps, then GIMP is a lot cheaper than >even Photoshop Elements. Alternatively, if you work for a high powered >computer company, or are an unemployed geek, you can modify GIMP or >Blender or something and do very complicated things with it. > >I suspect that part of the problem with getting acceptance for fee >software and non-propriatory formats is that you can't get certified >for them (or can you). Is anything being done about this? I'm >thinking about taking this issue to a lefty group and see if they're >interested in setting up courses on using fee computer software.
IBM provides certification for some of the things they use, e.g. * XML: <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-xmlcert/>, (other certifications are less relevant here; see <http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/certs/index.shtml>). Some other links that might be useful: * Linux Professional Institute: <http://www.lpi.org/eng/certification> * New FOSS certification for non profit sector (Sept 2007): <http://linuxmednews.com/1189609449> * <https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/bin/view/Examdev/FOSK> (referenced by previous page) * JavaBlackBelt (with also XML, some SQL, Ajax, C#, ...) <http://www.javablackbelt.com/> * Certificates by IWA/HWG: <http://iwa-hwg.eclasses.org/cgi-bin/ql/pullout.cgi?template=cl/certification.htm&partner.login=IWA-HWG> The certification by fronteers.nl that Steltenpower mentioned won't be available in the near future. The page at <http://fronteers.nl/vereniging/commissies/certificatie> says: "Certification Committee Objective: to research the possibility for formal, accredited certification. This committee does currently not have any members. We are actively looking for members. When more is known about the activities of this committee, that will be reported here. Are you interested in (setting up) this committee? Pleas contact us." Best regards, Christophe -- Christophe Strobbe K.U.Leuven - Dept. of Electrical Engineering - SCD Research Group on Document Architectures Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 bus 2442 B-3001 Leuven-Heverlee BELGIUM tel: +32 16 32 85 51 http://www.docarch.be/ --- Please don't invite me to LinkedIn, Facebook, Quechup or other "social networks". You may have agreed to their "privacy policy", but I haven't. Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
