Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Wednesday 07 Oct 2009 9:57:53 am Vivek Varghese Cherian wrote:
obviously if the certification is in demand, trainers for it will also be in demand. We will certainly help train trainers. But since we are the certifying authority it would be unethical for us to involve ourselves in training.
One popular North American Linux Vendor (of which CentOS is a community edition) whose certifications are sort of an accepted standard in the Industry does have authorized training partners all over the world. I know of 2 places in Mumbai that trains and are authorized exam centers for this Linux vendor at the _same_time, one is Vibrant in Andheri and other is Ultramax at Dadar.
I assume you are talking about RedHat?
So do you mean to say having training partners is an unethical thing and that this particular popular North American vendor is doing something unethical conducting certification tests and having training partners 'coach' the potential certification candidates at the same time ?
Vivek, each organisation needs to decide what their ethics and standards are going to be. RH is doing certification only because they need to show to the industry there is certain number of RHCEs. Else people will not buy their product. Their quality of certification in India has dropped to pathetic levels (do not know if that has happened in USA). I have seen it in interviews i have taken.
Other certifications like LPI which is not linked to a product has gained prominence due to the same reason as what NRC FOSS is standing for.
In any case, it is a decision and a stand that the organistation feels confortable with. I do not think anyone can question them. If you do not like their stand and approach, you can always refuse to recorgnise their certificates for employment purpose. You have full freedom in that.
no I am sure that Redhat has a complete separation of it's training and exam conducting departments on one hand and the certifying department on the the other hand. They are well aware of the ethical considerations and probably go to great lengths to be correct in this department.
I even know that this North American Linux Vendor _did_conduct_training_ programs_for_partners' in Kovalam in Kerala a while back.
so what is your point?