[NTLUG:Discuss] AN APOLOGY to NTLUG...

[David Mandala]

Sorry, I was involved in the early efforts to have a single community 
standard. A single community standard would have been far more valuable 
to the Linux communitly in general. RedHat chose to dilute the effort to 
make cash, slow adoption of other flavors of Linux and to enrich their 
own pockets. They offer an over priced product that does not reflect the 
community and actively undermines a single community based standard.

To say less is simply incorrect. I don't work for RedHat, nor would I 
ever consider it unless RedHat stops trying to become the Microsoft of 
Linux. There is room for all distro's and plenty of cash to be made by 
all. It is however important to bring to the forefront Linux is Linux is 
Linux. RedHat is simply a distribution of Linux, they are not the 
standard of Linux simply one of the larger distro's.

RedHat has a long history of fighting against a community certification 
standard and the Linux Standard Base (LSB). It's not in their interest, 
if they can convince the world that they are the "standard" in 
certification and the "standard Linux" they can lock in more businesses.

To not recognise these issues when talking about RedHat is to do a 
disservice to certifications and to the LSB standard efforts.

Cheers,

David

Thomas Cameron wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 13:10 -0600, Eric Waguespack wrote:
> 
>>Well is it possible that it could have more than one purpose?
>>
>>(that is a rhetorical question, of course it is)
>>
>>I mean obviously the RHCE could arguable accomplish some of the following:
>>
>>make $$ for redhat
>>give employers a way of thinning the herd
>>give sysadmins a way of testing themselves
>>help market redhat linux specifically, and linux in general
>>
>>having said all that, it seems like this cert debate has been going on
>>in one form or another for about 10 years, does it really matter?
>>
>>(another rhetorical question =), of course it doesn't)
>>
>>-Eric, RHCE, RHCT, CCNP, CCNP/Voice, CCDP, CCNA, CCDA, LPIC-1, MCSE:
>>NT4.0, MCP+I, Linux+, Security+, Network+, i-Net+, Server+, A+, IBM
>>CS: AS/400, CNX: Ethernet
> 
> 
> I think that's a very fair assessment.  I just take issue with the
> statement that the RHCE is nothing but a money-making vehicle for Red
> Hat.  That is simply not true.  It does make Red Hat money, no doubt.
> They offer a great product at a fair price.
> 
> But it is also a very valuable certification to sysadmins and employers
> both.  To denigrate it like the earlier poster did is out of line.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
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