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A Novell Linux Specialist?

Posted by Cliff on from the proving-you-know-what-you-know dept.

richardeholder asks: "Our Novell partners differentiate themselves in the marketplace by promoting their areas of expertise or specializations; this allows their customers to know what their skill sets are and what they can reasonably expect these partners to provide for them. As we embrace Linux, we would like to extend the title of 'Linux specialist' to partners who merit it. Before we move forward on this initiative, we would like to ask the Linux community for guidance on what should constitute a Linux specialist. Should we require certifications such as LPI and the RHCE/RHCT, or are there other more valuable ways of demonstrating Linux competency?"

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  1. Since you mentioned Novell.... by psykocrime · · Score: 4, Informative

    Go for the Novell Certified Linux Engineer certification.

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    1. Re:Since you mentioned Novell.... by meme_police · · Score: 5, Informative

      The CLE is for Novell's products that run on Linux, not for Linux itself. And the question was what criteria should Novell use to signify their partners as "Linux specialists". That criteria could include certifications, or it may not.

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  2. Constructive Comment - But fear..... by scottm52 · · Score: 2, Informative

    That no supplier company will do anything about it.... CERTIFICATIONS MEAN NOTHING MORE THAN THOSE WITH THEM CAN PASS TESTS WELL! That being said, the most meaningful exam sets ever given in the *NIX community were the Sun Interactive exams, where you were told to do things, then had to do them in a simulated environment (a virtual OS really). How you got there didn't matter, just that it worked. Dunno where that code ended up, it was from SunSoft when that was a division that had their own training seperate from the "Zander" organized training centers. The other meaningful test set was.. errr.. uhhh... The ORIGINAL SCO test suites (before Caldera, before Canopy, the orignal SCO). they were designed to be open material, open book, tested your ability to find answers you didn't know. It was actually a pretty accurate indicator of someone who could get the job done. But then again, noone ever listened to me about this stuff....

  3. It's a good thing... by yoshi_mon · · Score: 2, Informative

    screen

    Send bugreports, fixes, enhancements, t-shirts, money, beer & pizza to screen@uni-erlangen.de

    Yeah.

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