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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.


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