From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Dec 22 22:14:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA03752 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 22:14:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA03686 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 22:14:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id XAA12653; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 23:13:47 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19981222231027.04013c40@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 23:12:45 -0700 To: Drew Baxter , Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai From: Brett Glass Subject: Certification (Was: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, David Kelly In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981223005658.00b44ee0@genesis.ispace.com> References: <4.1.19981222232943.00c1f800@genesis.ispace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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