From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 23 08:16:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA04738 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:16:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ime.net (ime.net [209.90.192.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA04730 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:16:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4002.ime.net [209.90.195.12]) by ime.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA08978; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:16:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.1.19981223111320.00c403c0@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:13:47 -0500 To: Eivind Eklund , Brett Glass , Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: Certification (Was: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, David Kelly In-Reply-To: <19981223105545.K24362@follo.net> References: <4.1.19981222231027.04013c40@mail.lariat.org> <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" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:55 AM 12/23/98 +0100, Eivind Eklund wrote: >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.' >:-) Hey that's not a half bad idea.. But I'm not apt to paying 5000 non-refundable US dollars to prove a point that many people know. :-) --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message