Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:55:45 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Subject: Re: Certification (Was: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger) Message-ID: <19981223105545.K24362@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981222231027.04013c40@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 11:12:45PM -0700 References: <XFMail.981223065928.asmodai@wxs.nl> <4.1.19981222232943.00c1f800@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981223005658.00b44ee0@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981222231027.04013c40@mail.lariat.org>
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On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 11:12:45PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > 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. I've been considering becoming an MSCE just so I can have authority when I tell customers 'This totally sucks - you need a Unix solution.' :-) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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