On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 15:39, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 10:30, Joe Polk wrote:
> > We are a sensitive lot, no? :)
> >
> > <<JAV>>
> >
>
> I'm sensitive mostly because this stuff affects my business - which
puts
> bread and butter on my table and takes care of my kids. This means
that
> I have to ditch the past seven months of mucking around with RH 8.0
and
> the likes and start all over again - which is literally money spent.
I believe that you are mistaking Red Hat Certs for Microsoft
Certifications. I believe that the RHCE will be treated quite like the
Solaris System Administrator certs. Those are pretty much good for life,
with very minor tests to move one up to the latest cert level. Those
tests mostly cover things like the newly supported hardware and other
New only features.
If Red Hat attempted to do what Microsoft is capable of doing,
then within 3 years Red Hat Linux wouldn't even look like Linux. They
would have to drastically alter each and every administrative tool to
the point that one would practically require a brain transplant just to
be up to speed.
Red Hat simply cannot do that. The Command Line Config tools and
the plain text configuration files have remained relatively unchanged
for an incredibly lengthy amount of time. If you don't know those CLI
tools and how to manually edit a config file, then you are likely in the
wrong field.
> Sure, I'm touchy and sensitive - so in thinking pro-actively about my
> client base and their servers, workstations and issues, I'll have to
> spend even more time getting a grip on a new version (and I HATE .0
> versions) along with all the quirks, foibles and bugs a new version
> presents...
All that I have read is that Red Hat is going to drop support on
older versions of Red Hat. I am unsure how that relates to losing one's
certification as a RHCE, since I have never heard or read anything about
RHCEs having a version number attached to their certification. If that's
the case, then I am quite certain that recertifying for a newer release
really wouldn't be all that expensive.
Besides, over time, if one actually follows security protocols
and updates EVERY service, file and application based upon security
reports... One wouldn't be left with the same Red Hat (or any other
Linux distro) machine that they began with.
Regards,
Robert Adkins II
IT Manager/Buyer
Impel Industries, Inc.
586-254-5800
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