Re: RHCE

chadley@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Dear friends,

My company has decided to send me for Linux training. The boss wants me
to do the relevant training to bring our company up to speed with IBM
and and other major PC brands that are selling Linux on there PCs for
end users.

So I did some research and the outcome was to do the course through
Obsidian systems in South Africa (Where I live).
They are offering the Redhat Certified Engineer(RHCE),Supposed to be one
of the top IT qualifications.

Now the boss wants to know how to tell if this is the the correct
course.
And he wants to know if we shouldn't maybe go down the SUSE route.

My question is a difficult one because I need to justify and prove prior
to actually going on the course that RHCE would be the right way to go.
I have already mentioned that RedHat base platforms are by far more
widely supported than any other distro and that FC will be the best for
us to use on our our hardware because it is very configurable and has
such great hardware support.
But one has to bear in mind that I am trying to explain this to a person
who has no idea of computers and operating systems let alone Linux.

Could some one point me in the direction of some good justifications for
my choice? or point me in a new direction altogether.
Either way, I have just got to give him a very convincing answer.

Thanks

well - considering RedHat have the dominiant position right now (and the only performance based linux exam) your choice should be easy. I sat the RHCE last week - results pending. The sheer quantity of information one has to absorb going through training make it a worth while venture - even if you don't sit the exam.

Multiple guess exams are all well and good but they don't really test your mettle (the vast quantity of bubble head MCSEs I've met are testament to this - no offence to any MCSEs reading this, it's just a personal experience).

Linux is the future of OSs unfolding before your eyes and RedHat are doing a damn fine job of bringing it to the enterprise. Any linux training will be 99% relevant to other distros, however. Although an industry certification will give your department more prestige (and your customers will feel in good hands).

neil