LPI suggestions -- stop comparing the RHCT/RHCE v. LPIC-1/2/3

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 12:44, rahim at geekmail.cc wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> Would it be fair to say that vendor-based exams test ones knowledge and
> practical use of a product while vendor neutral tests examine ones knowledge and
> use of a technology.

A far better summary than my own.

> That is, testing methodologies aside.

I would only add that the RH and LPI programs do each _far_better_ than
other vendor and vendor-neutral programs, respectively.

E.g., nothing makes me cringe more than when people compare the RHCE to
the MCSE, or the LPIC-1 to the Linux+.


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