On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 18:25, David Bowles wrote:
Thomas Adam wrote...
So what's the answer?
Well maybe the Linux community simply has to come up with a qualification structure and range of courses commensurate with that of Microsoft's.
There is the Linux Professional Institute.
Only then will academia rush to produce their own self-referentially 'valid' academic qualification.
We have had our first enquiry from a company about INGOT certification
for office workers outside education. (Not bad since it was unsolicited
by us) INGOTs are not specifically a linux thing, more in the territory
of MOUS and ECDL but I believe they will become widespread based on the
market research and once we have the resources we can do OS specific
things if there is the demand. Big difference is that the entry level
can be 5 years old with progression routes beyond the competitiors. If
we start them at 5, why would they want to change to something else? By
14 they'll have all the skills that the other courses think are only
appropriate for post 16 :-).
Regards,
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Ian Lynch