At 11:21 AM 7/9/02, you wrote: >On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 13:12, Mark Lane wrote: > > > >Education has no-bearing on membership in CLUE and I'd suggest that it > have > > >no bearing on membership in any SIGs either. As a self-taught Linux guy, > > >I'll fight for this one tooth and nail. > > > > Not in membership per say but a professional organization has to have some > > way of certify that this person is capable of a certain professional > level. > > Most use education then experience. Since that would exclude self-taught > > people, we would need to approach it in a different way. > >Certify a person as capable seems like a good reason to have >certification bodies, doesn't the LPI fit that bill?
Yes but paying $400 US to write 4 tests may be out of some people's price range. Someone with Certification like that definitely qualifies as a Linux system Admin but would we want to limit them to that? -- Mark Lane Hard Data Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 FAX: 01-780-456-9772 11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada T5X 1Y3 http://www.harddata.com/ --> Ask me about our Affordable Alpha Systems! <--
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