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  From: Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
  To  : LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au
  Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 08:56:33 +0900

Re: Digital Metrics certification program

Hmmm, 

This is a response I got on another list:

>From: jason 'creature' murdock <creature@celes.feline.pp.se>
>Subject: Re: Digital Metrics certification program
>
>THe only reason they do that is so you wont give otu the answers to the
>questions.  You take the tests over the web, so they want their bases
>covered, just in case someone gets a stupid idea about giving out answers,
>they have a legal recours.   It's nothing huge.
>
>Personally, I've always wondered why a cert couldn't be developed and the
>tests given at LUG meetings, somewhat like he HAM licenses tests are
>given at HAM fests.  Always seemed like it could be done to me.  Would
>make LUGs that more desirable to start up in areas.

Now where have we seen this concept before?

>jason "creature" murdock
>
>On Thu, 20 May 1999, Richard Sharpe wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> can anyone shed any light on the Digital Metrics Certification Program?
>> 
>> I went there (www.digitalmetrics.com), and found that you need to sign a
>> non-disclosure just to sign up for the tests.
>> 
>> This seems bizare to me, and not at all in the spirit of Linux. 
>> 
>> Can anyone comment?
>> 
>> Regards
>> -------
>> Richard Sharpe, sharpe@ns.aus.com, NS Computer Software and Services P/L,


Regards
-------
Richard Sharpe, sharpe@ns.aus.com, NS Computer Software and Services P/L,
Samba (Team member www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member www.zing.org)
Co-author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
Author, First Australian Linux Course

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