From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 23 01:56:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA21963 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 01:56:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA21955 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 01:56:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA24463; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:55:45 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id KAA29062; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:55:45 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981223105545.K24362@follo.net> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:55:45 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Brett Glass , Drew Baxter , Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, David Kelly Subject: Re: Certification (Was: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger) References: <4.1.19981222232943.00c1f800@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981223005658.00b44ee0@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981222231027.04013c40@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981222231027.04013c40@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 11:12:45PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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