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[gecko@xxxxxxxxxx (Darren Benham)]

Something  about the text below  bothers me.  I'm  curious why Caldera
thinks that  they should be able  to create something that is entitled
`Certified  Linux Engineer'.  Wouldn't bother me  if it was `Certified
Caldera  Linux  Engineer', but  for them to  claim   that they are the
certification for all Linux, that bothers me a bit.

Should the rest of the Linux Community speak up and attempt to get
involved with this before it becomes  a foregone  conclusion?   Would it  be 
reasonable to request their course documentation to create a distrobution
specific version?

I'm probably just over reacting, but  when I first  heard rumors of Red
Hat  coming up with a  certification  program I was  a little nervous.
Now Caldera  (which IMO is much  more commercial than redhat) is doing
the same thing?  I feel a bit more nervous.

(The text below was posted to the Colorado Linux Users and Enthusiasts 
mailing lists  Don't know where it came from originally.)

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Caldera Launches Linux certification
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Sm@rt Reseller

You know an operating system has made it to the big leagues when 
it has its own certification. Welcome Linux to the pros.

Caldera Inc. will launch the first Linux certification program, 
the Certified Linux Engineer (CLE), in the first quarter of 1999.

While Caldera is launching CLE, it is "Linux training by Caldera," 
rather than "Caldera Linux Training," says Dean Taylor, Caldera's 
director of business development. The key difference, says Taylor, 
is that "we want to see Linux succeed. While our first courses will 
be Caldera Linux-oriented, the aim is to focus on Linux International's 
Linux Standard Base (LSB) as it becomes real."

As the first step toward CLE certification, Caldera is launching a 
training program. The first courses, to be available in fourth quarter, 
will cover Linux System Administration 1 and 2. The first course will 
offer an introduction to Linux for system managers. The second probes 
deeper into security, advanced networking and the Linux kernel.

Longer term, separate courses with a reseller twist will offer more 
interoperability training. Course beta testing will start in mid-August.

Caldera also is talking with several companies to find one that will 
serve as an independent group to create and administer certification 
testing.

Each of these developments could help Linux land in more businesses.

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