Re: LPI Course at OSTC

2003-08-04 Thread Christopher Sawtell
since 1996 I think I can. The detailed objectives or curriculum is here:- http://www.lpi.org/en/obj_101.html > * If the courseware is good enough We will be using the O'Reilly "LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell" Go to http://www.amazon.com/ and put the quoted phrase above into the

Re: LPI Course at OSTC

2003-08-03 Thread Christopher Sawtell
se. The trial is being run to > find out: > > * If the teacher can effectively teach all of the curriculum As I have been "at" the unix bit since 1988 and Linux since 1996 I think I can. The detailed objectives or curriculum is here:- http://www.lpi.org/en/obj_101.html >

LPI Course at OSTC

2003-08-03 Thread David Kirk
I hope nobody minds me posting this to the list, but I know there are several people here who are interested in this. It seems that there is probably enough interest in this course to go ahead. What we need to do now is schedule a time for the course that suits everyone. I have started a thread o

RE: LPI Certification

2003-07-25 Thread elvis
hey david are you organising this LPI thing? i'm interested in the first intake, if you are organising it can you keep me posted to whats going on? or maybe pass this email onto someone who is organising it... cheers stacy --- David Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Nick, >

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-25 Thread elvis
i did some stuff for a college in auckland city, they had A+ thing going on there and they had to go down queen street to take their exams, this wasn't a problem for the students- it shouldn't be a problem for LPI either- --- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I am not su

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-23 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 20:28, you wrote: > Hamish McBrearty wrote: > > Considering the eight letters I currently have after my name cost me over > > $10,000 this is a pretty good price. > > You got a bargain. I paid about that for just two letters :) Were they worth it? -- Sincerely etc., Christoph

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-23 Thread David Mann
Hamish McBrearty wrote: > Considering the eight letters I currently have after my name cost me over > $10,000 this is a pretty good price. You got a bargain. I paid about that for just two letters :) Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Nick Rout
non-profit does NOT mean each course should be run on a break even basis. most non-profit organisations make a profit on one line of business to subsidise another. for example "op shops" run by the churches. "non-profit" means that none of the members are entitled to any of the excess income over

LPI exam locally

2003-07-22 Thread Steve Brorens
LPI lists Polytech and Electec - the latter responded first - as below. --snippet- Hi Steve, We can provide the following on-line Linux testing through VUE Testing Services: 117-101 DPKG: LPI Level 1 exam 101 DPKG 117-101 RPM: LPI Level 1 exam 101 RPM 117-102

RE: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread David Kirk
Nick, > Look thats good David. The point I was really trying to make > is that we > do not need to be scared of making something more than break > even. Most > charities exist to push profits from commercial ventures into > charitable > aims. The provision of courses should IMHO be viewed as c

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Nick Rout
some dosh for the other aims. Then you get into the question: if a reasonably wealthy employer sends along a staff member to learn LPI to make the employer's business run better, should the employer pay the same price as someone on the dole trying to upskill themselves? The government seems to s

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Nick Rout
CTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 23 July 2003 11:12 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LPI Certification > > non-profit does NOT mean each course should be run on a break even basis. > most non-profit organisations make a profit on one line of business to > subsidise anothe

RE: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread David Kirk
Nick, > non-profit does NOT mean each course should be run on a break > even basis. > most non-profit organisations make a profit on one line of business to > subsidise another. for example "op shops" run by the churches. The price of the course will more than cover all the costs to run the cour

RE: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)
m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LPI Certification non-profit does NOT mean each course should be run on a break even basis. most non-profit organisations make a profit on one line of business to subsidise another. for example "op shops" run by the churches. "non-pro

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:11, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >We need to have 6 students minimum for it to be a possibility at that > >price. > >If we cannot find the necessary 6 people then it would be possible to go > >with > >fewer students paying more. > >1 - $1800 > >2 - $900 > >3 - $60

RE: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread David Kirk
I am looking at alternative courseware like LPI in a Nutshell from O'Reilley. That might put the price of the course up a bit, but it might also be more throrough. I am looking in to it. Later David Kirk

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Hamish McBrearty
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >We need to have 6 students minimum for it to be a possibility at that >price. >If we cannot find the necessary 6 people then it would be possible to go >with >fewer students paying more. >1 - $1800 >2 - $900 >3 - $600 >4 - $450 >5 - $360 >6 - $300 Considering the eight

RE: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread David Kirk
Nick, > one thing the otsc could be used for is conducting such exams. there > will no doubt be protocols to undergo, but there could be > some income in it. >From the LPI FAQ: 2.5 How can I offer the exams to my students/clients? You will need to become either a VUE or a Thoms

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Nick Rout
I am not sure why this is "sad but true" or a "fear". LPI is a professional qualification, so logically people will want the training to lead to the qualification. OK some people will do the course simply for personal edification, the same as some people might attend school

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Carl Cerecke
Christopher Sawtell wrote: On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 21:30, you wrote: I think thats a fine attitude, but some people will want a qualification. I fear most people will want the cert. much more than the 'real thing', which is of course the ability to actually get the beasts to sit up and beg. In order

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Christopher Sawtell
2003 19:52, you wrote: > > > how is it anticipated to actually sit the exams? > > > > Prometric, after registering with LPI. > > http://www.register.prometric.com/ > > > > > Is OTSC going to organise that bit too, > > > > Possibly. That would n

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Chris Bayley
I'd be a starter. /cb Christopher Sawtell wrote: 300 for 8 lessons over 4 weeks. This is to prepare you for the required exam for LPI certification Level 1. Please do some research to make sure you know what we are offering. http://www.lpi.org/en/obj_101.html Depending on the level o

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:13, you wrote: > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > >What else do you need to know in order to turn "I might be" into "I am"? > > the price ;D $300 for 8 lessons over 4 weeks. This is to prepare you for the required exam for LPI certification

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Nick Rout
TED]> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:52, you wrote: > > how is it anticipated to actually sit the exams? > Prometric, after registering with LPI. > http://www.register.prometric.com/ > > > Is OTSC going to organise that bit too, > Possibly. That would not be define

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread David Kirk
how is it anticipated to actually sit the exams? Is OTSC going to organise that bit too, or just the lessons to get to exam competence? You can only sit the exams at Thompson Prometric or Pearson VUE testing centres. The exams cost $US100 each. We can only teach this course if we have at least

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:52, you wrote: > how is it anticipated to actually sit the exams? Prometric, after registering with LPI. http://www.register.prometric.com/ > Is OTSC going to organise that bit too, Possibly. That would not be defined as being 'part of the deal' and w

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-22 Thread Nick Rout
how is it anticipated to actually sit the exams? Is OTSC going to organise that bit too, or just the lessons to get to exam competence? On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 18:13:05+1200 Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > >What else do you need to know in order to turn "I migh

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-21 Thread Armstrong
Christopher Sawtell wrote: What else do you need to know in order to turn "I might be" into "I am"? the price ;D but seriously, if you were to offer something along these lines i'd be pretty keen to partake. -rob

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
itself, as it is a non-profit exercise. So the vital question is:- What's it worth to you? > >The text I recommend the "Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition" book by > >Paul > >Sheer. http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz > > > >T

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-21 Thread Carl Cerecke
Christopher Sawtell wrote: The LPI have a home page at:- http://www.lpi.org/ SCO is listed as a "platinum sponser" of lpi.org Cheers, Carl.

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-21 Thread Hamish McBrearty
> >The text I recommend the "Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition" book by >Paul >Sheer. http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz > >The LPI have a home page at:- http://www.lpi.org/ > >> >I would also like to know how many people would be intereste

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-21 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:30, you wrote: > i might be interested.. What else do you need to know in order to turn "I might be" into "I am"? The text I recommend the "Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition" book by Paul Sheer. http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/i

Re: LPI Certification

2003-07-21 Thread Armstrong
i might be interested.. -rob I would also like to know how many people would be interested in a LPI Certification Preparation Course? The course would be divided in to 6 to 8 classes of 2 to 3 hours duration each. The classes could either be held 2 nights a week or on Saturday afternoons. The

LPI Certification

2003-07-21 Thread Steve Brorens
I think this idea has merit. LPI seems the most appropriate cert for those 'in the business'. Self-study only goes so far, and commercial courses are typically fairly expensive/inconvenient, so a more 'lightweight' approach seem like A Good Idea... - steve -

Re: LPI

2002-12-01 Thread Mahesh De Silva
Hi, I use it as part of there corporate training program.. not sure, if the same course are available to the public. Mahesh > Hi Mahesh, > > So can you do the exam and everything from NZ? I > went to executrain.com but > couldn't find the LPI course...have you got a link

Re: LPI

2002-12-01 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 08:15, you wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone done the Linux Professional Institute training course? Can it be > done in NZ? It seems like it would be a lot cheaper than doing an > equivalent RedHat one. Read the books, play with a Linux machine, take the test. Prometric http://www.2

Re: LPI

2002-12-01 Thread Simon Hansman
Hi Mahesh, So can you do the exam and everything from NZ? I went to executrain.com but couldn't find the LPI course...have you got a link to it? Thanks for that, it might be a holiday mission to do one of them :) Later Simon On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 16:24, Mahesh De Silva wrote: > Hi Simon

Re: LPI

2002-12-01 Thread Mahesh De Silva
Hi Simon and All.. I am sort of working on this at the moment, via executrain.. seems good.. Not really sure if it will increase the old pay packet tho.. :) Redhat one is good.. (every expensive tho) The problem is with the web interface for the onlune course runs on shockwave 8.31.. so i need t

LPI

2002-12-01 Thread Simon Hansman
Hi, Has anyone done the Linux Professional Institute training course? Can it be done in NZ? It seems like it would be a lot cheaper than doing an equivalent RedHat one. Cheers Simon -- Simon Hansman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>