Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 23:12:45 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Subject: Certification (Was: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger) Message-ID: <4.1.19981222231027.04013c40@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981223005658.00b44ee0@genesis.ispace.com> References: <XFMail.981223065928.asmodai@wxs.nl> <4.1.19981222232943.00c1f800@genesis.ispace.com>
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At 01:04 AM 12/23/98 -0500, Drew Baxter wrote: >I didn't say I agree with the MCSE programs and the CNE/CNA Novell >programs. I could have gone for my MCSE a while ago, I just don't see the >point in paying a few grand (I think something to the tune of 5 grand) to >take certification on something that isn't going to directly affect where I >am. It doesn't. "Certification" is intended by software vendors to serve one purpose and one purpose only: to achieve technological lock-in. The fact that someone might learn something generally useful in the process is actually secondary. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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