Oracle Changes Certification Requirements

Posted by michael on Sunday June 16, 2002 @06:04AM from the sheepskin dept.

micromoog writes "Oracle announced today that all new candidates for the Oracle Certified Professional certification must now pass an instructor-led course in addition to passing the four exams previously required. They claim demand from the industry for hands-on experience; however, this move will bring Oracle an extra $2000/class for physical classes, or $1500/class for online classes. Previously, someone with knowledge of Oracle could get certified for nothing more than the cost of the four exams ($500 total). There was no warning or grace period. This seems to me like a simple cash grab on a captive audience."

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Find other alternatives by powerlifter · 2002-06-16 11:35 · Score: 3, Interesting

I cannot find real reasons to recommend Oracle any more. I work with more and more applications that run better under Postgres or mysql than with Oracle. The only thing propping these guys up are other for-$$$$ apps that only talk to the big O. I for one just reject them utterly.

Lastly, given the unadulterated abuse and torture they've put SQL through, I've given up on them. They are no longer an SQL database.

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