On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 20:23 +0000, Paul Sutton wrote: > Sounds encouraging, I am up for doing ingots, in favour of ECDL, partly > as Ingots are recognised all over the world, I am not sure about ECDL, > however plus of course Ingots uses open office which I have here,
ECDL is called ICDL (international computer drivers license) outside Europe. It has been longer established than INGOTs but its more expensive to do and has a different philosophy. > I think this would really help our cause, and we could then promote both > openoffice.org, prove we have skills using openoffice.org, which would > be very helpful. That's the idea :-) > paul > > Ian Lynch wrote: > > >Yesterday, I had a very good meeting with the Qualifications and > >Curriculum Authority which regulates all UK qualifications. There seems > >to be no particular obstacle in getting INGOTs into the National > >Qualifications Framework. Also if we are accepted as an Awarding Body we > >will be able to propose other FLOSS certifications as long as they are > >seen to be not just replicating existing provision. It would be possible > >for instance to have a recognised qualification in supporting migrations > >from closed to open source software or very much more specific OOo > >certification. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
