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| DATE | 2004-06-25 |
| FROM | Adam Kosmin
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: RHCA
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Good point Ed.
Just to reintroduce a previously stated opinion, I'll add that I believe
that all RH certifications would benefit from a module which focused on
the underlying principles of the Free Software movement. Granted, I'm
not saying that the certifications should include a sworn statement
meant to secure each student's devotion to the cause, but rather, they
should provide an opportunity for the students to absorb a sense of WHY
this technology (and it's development model) was born. Excluding this
critical component would be like not teaching our country's youth about
the Decloration of Independance.
All in all, freedom looses it's value if it is not protected and it can
not be protected if it is not understood. By incorporating this level of
fundemental knowledge into it's certifications, Red Hat would eventually
create a stronger, more aware, and more dedicated community from which
to benefit from and grow along side of.
All the best,
Adam Kosmin
Ed Wilts (ewilts-at-ewilts.org) wrote:
" On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 10:26:31AM -0700, Ken Barber wrote:
" > It's about time. There are SO many real-world essentials missing from the
" > RHCE class that it's embarrassing.
"
" Backup and recovery being a key one. It's not covered in the RHCA
" curriculum that I saw either. Overall, though, I think that the people
" who pass the RHCE would have a good understanding of why backups are
" important and could teach themselves the rest. Some of that certainly
" holds true for the RHCA-level material too - senior IT people can
" usually teach themselves - but it's nice to know from a hiring point of
" view that if you hire an RHCA, you got somebody with more than a half a
" brain, a dedication to making stuff work, and a previous employer who
" could afford to fund the training (the latter being part of the problem
" with the RHCE - there are lot of people out there that probably know the
" stuff but can't afford the expense of the certification).
"
" --
" Ed Wilts, RHCE
" Mounds View, MN, USA
" mailto:ewilts-at-ewilts.org
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line of reasoning, is I want to walk the Court through enough of our
complaint to help the Court understand that IBM clearly did contribute a
lot of the Unix-related information into Linux. We just don't know what
it is."
-- Kevin McBride SCO vs. IBM 12/05/03
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