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• Richard Morrell said 11 months ago:

  In the corporate enterprise world much kudos is given to those in our midst who carry MS certification or have their CISSP etc etc.

  While Red Hat and the LPI have their certification standards do those huddled here agree or disagree that they add value to the ability to offer service or are they seen as fluff.

  I have neither - have never had the time - the excuse is poor but my time is taken up with realtime OSS drama in live environments and having a life.

  Especially interested in hearing from those that have gone through LPI certification.

• Richard Steele said 9 months ago:

  I agree.

  I have both MCP and LPI - they have little to do with OpenSource and open standards implementation.

  The best demonstation of expertise in this arena is an example of where a person/team has proved the viability of some OpenSource tool/system.

  Perhaps this group should encourage a listing of implementations of good/bad solutions to help provide a benchmark for other groups to share.

  It is not just the software/techology that should be ‘open’, should the learning gained by the implementors also be made available.

  Perhaps a drive to improve the content of the OpenSource Academy would be a start.

  Regards

  Richard

• Richard Steele said 9 months ago:

  (on reflection I have mis read the original statement )

  The value of LPI vs MCP type certifications does porvide a line in the sand for organisation that recruit to show that a candidate has a demonstrable knowledge of LINUX systems - so it does have a value. The range of Linux certification tracks perhaps dilutes the value somewhat with the likes of the Redhat & novell tracks as well as the LPIC route.

  Of the different qualifications the LPI was the harder to achive than the MCP’s.

  Richard