Free Software school club?

[Marc Lijour]

On December 7, 2004 01:29 pm, David J Patrick wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> >On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 12:01:36PM -0500, David J Patrick wrote:
> >>Can anyone (point to, or) put together a clear comparison / projection
> >>of IT opportunities / incomes MSCE vs RHCE (or other GNU/linux
> >>certification) ? I'm sure such a case is easy to support and has been
> >>presented recently, in the tech press. It would be good to round up the
> >>argument on one punchy page, and then plunk that page in some
> >>influential in-boxes.
>
> <rant>
>
> >I personally don't have an interest in either of those two
> >certifications.  I don't actually much care for any of the
> >certifications, having met enough people with those certificates who
> >don't have any practical knowledge for actually fixing real problems.
> >Not sure how they manage to pass those certifications in those cases.
> >
> >I am sure there are lots of people with certifications that do know what
> >they are doing though.  I just seem to have had the bad luck of
> >encountering a bunch that didn't.  Maybe it's just that the ones who
> >know what they are doing, don't go around making a big deal out of
> >having certification.
>
> </rant>
>
> Alright Lennart, I agree; certification is not proof of competence,
> please feel free to substitute whatever indication of ability you deem
> acceptable. But whatever yardstick you use, the fact that demand for


> linux skill are rising exponentially, should be distilled and
Where can I find data about that?


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