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Microsoft Offers Linux Certification. Yes, Really. (dice.com)
Nerval's Lobster writes: Former CEO Steve Ballmer once publicly referred to Linux as a 'cancer.' Not content to just let Ballmer blow up about it, company also spent a good deal of money and legal effort on claiming that open-source software violated its patents. A decade ago, the idea of Microsoft creating a Linux certification would have seemed like lunacy. But now that very thing has come to pass, (Dice link) with the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Linux on Azure certification, designed in conjunction with the Linux Foundation. Earning the Linux on Azure certification requires tech pros to pass Microsoft Exam 70-533 (Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions) as well as the Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) exam, which collectively require knowledge of Linux and Azure implementation. Microsoft evidently recognizes that open-source technology increasingly powers the cloud and mobile, and that it needs to play nice with the open-source community if it wants to survive and evolve.
Welcome to your first Microsoft Linux Certification class. Today we're going to learn about the command line.
The first command we will try is
sudo rm -rf /
Please try it now.
Good job. The course is over. You are now all Certified.
If it weren't for deadlines, nothing would be late.
I just got my MS BCCT (Balmer-certified chair thrower) certification. Who wants to hire me?
That's like saying "my son is doing a great job living a life of good morals, ... except for those rapes".
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun