Re: [SLUG] Linux Certification

From: steve szmidt (steve@szmidt.org)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2006 - 15:02:08 EST


On Monday 06 March 2006 14:31, John Pugh wrote:

I got to disagree with you:

> Hmmm...Novell had 300% increase in subscriptions over the same period
> last year with a substantial increase in revenue. I think you may be
> reading some marketing FUD somewhere.

Saying that because it grew 300% it's now larger or more desireable than RH is
not what one would call a comprehensible picture either.

Being that a huge majority of corporate America are running RH compatible
distro's makes it by far a much more desirable certification in real life.

> Novell's SUSE Linux is the leader in 64 bit systems, has the 2nd most
> number of open source development staff (behind IBM), has firsts in 64
> bit linux, linux on the mainframe, linux in retail (the list goes on)
> and in the southeast has been converting RH installations faster than I
> can keep up. Most fortune 500 in the Southeast that run linux, run SUSE
> Linux.

That's sales talk too. RH is WAY ahead in installations.

> The most respected certification is most definitely LPI. Novell's CLP
> and CLE are based on LPI, but use a practicum for evaluation so it's a
> little different than the LPI for certification.
>
> I'm biased, but I view RH as a sinking ship at the moment - they have
> one thing going for them at present - momentum, but momentum must be
> sustained. Novell's 06Q1 numbers speak for themselves when it comes to
> Linux growth.

Sinking ship! I'd say you're biased...

As far as the two goes I think you need to do both being the very different
way they administer systems.

-- 

Steve Szmidt

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