By: Linux pros prefer IT generalists to vendor-specific certs — Enterprise Linux Log

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:01:16 +0000

[...] Last week I chatted with Linux Professional Institute (LPI) president and CEO Jim Lacey about the merits of vendor-neutral certification. In November, LPI joined forces with several organizations, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Novell and Sun, to revitalize the certification market by forming the Information Technology Certification Council (ITCC). While some in the industry see a decline in certification’s appeal to both professionals and employers, this may signal a new trend in certification – or at the very least, a new marketing campaign by vendors, one that tries to capitalize on the popularity of vendor-neutral certification. [...]

By: becn

becn — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:47:56 +0000

I haven’t looked at LPI for a while. But when I did, I was very dissapointed in the variation between their objectives and what was being reported as being in the exam. I do want a challenging vendor neutral exam. But I want boudaries which are reasonable. Unless LPI can get their act together about exactly what topics are examined I’ll keep working towards RHCE and recommend others to start with the CompTIA Linux+

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By: Linux pros prefer IT generalists to vendor-specific certs — Enterprise Linux Log

By: becn