Re: [GENERAL] Training and certification

2004-07-09 Thread Ian Harding
I think the first step is a book called "The Official PostgreSQL Certification Study Guide - Everything You Need to Know to Pass the PostgreSQL Adminsitrator Certification Test (PG-081)" which would be based on the "Official PostgreSQL Certification Syllabus." All the M$ certifications I have

Re: [GENERAL] Training and certification

2004-07-09 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Freitag, 9. Juli 2004 08:30 schrieb Bret Busby: > Thus, recognised, international, industry certification of > open source application systems development, either involving PostgreSQL > as a database backend by itself, or, involving PostgreSQL as a factor > could be useful, apart from having the

Re: [GENERAL] Training and certification

2004-07-09 Thread Jeff Eckermann
I recall an extended discussion of certifications and training some time back. You may recall it, too. The outcome (if it may be so called) was the view that, given the nature of the PostgreSQL project, there exists no entity that can bless a certification and thereby make it "official", any more

[GENERAL] Training and certification

2004-07-08 Thread Bret Busby
I realise that these have been discuuseed before, but a couple of things have happened that caused me to bring this up again, and to raise some questions. A couple of nights ago, a seminar was presented in Perth, Western Australia, by an institution offering IT masters degrees. One of the mas