Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:13:47 -0500 From: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, 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: <4.1.19981223111320.00c403c0@genesis.ispace.com> In-Reply-To: <19981223105545.K24362@follo.net> References: <4.1.19981222231027.04013c40@mail.lariat.org> <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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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
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