On 8/19/05, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote: > Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> wrote: > > Yeah yeah. I've heard that myself. > > It's the biggest load of BS. When I hear fellow Microsoft > professionals spew that crap, I immediately tell them that > what feeds the negative views of Microsoft professionals. > > > Currently I own a company that provide Linux consulting, > > along with some other business lines. I keep getting job > > offers, and currently have a real hard time find good Linux > > professionals to work for me. > > Big-time dittos there -- "I ... current have a real hard time > find[ing] good Linux professionals to work for me." > > That's the problem. You have the normal lack of > professionals (in general) used to travel, contracts, > professionalism, etc... Then you have the added problem of > Linux knowledge. It is so very, very difficult to find the > combination. > > > Actually, from what I've heard, one of the bigest problems > > companies migrating to Linux are facing is the shortage of > > (good) Linux professionals. > > Exactomundo. > > Regardless of what you think of certification in general (I > loathe it, and have complained about the "cert whore" > industry where you have to do "tricks"), the non-profit Linux > Professional Institute (LPI) is trying to do its best to > further the concerns of Linux Professionals and employeers > alike ... world-wide. > > [ E.g., the US is #3 in number of LPI certified individuals. > ] > > http://www.lpi.org > Thanks for replying here. _________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- "No-one dies a virgin. Life screws everyone."