On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 22:36, Chadley Wilson 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 Take the on-line pre-qualification exams to see if you are ready for RH300 (requires a redhat.com login, but is free): http://www.redhat.com/apps/training/assess/ -- Chris Kloiber