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<h4>"Linux Gazette...<i>making Linux just a little more fun!</i>" </h4>
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<h1 align="center"><font color="maroon">Creating A Linux Certification Program, Part 4</font></h1>
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<h4 align="center">By <a href="mailto:dyork@lodestar2.com">Dan York</a></h4>
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<p>As the community effort to develop a Linux certification effort matures, we need <strong>your</strong>
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help to move the process to the next level. It seems hard to believe that it's only been
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four months since the <a href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue33/york.html">October LG
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article</a> that launched this particular initiative. In that time, we have gathered
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together over 120 people interested in developing the certification program, joined
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together with another group that was working on certification since the spring of 1998 and
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have moved the whole process along quite far. (See my <a
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href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue34/york.html">November</a> and <a
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href="http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue35/york.html">December</a> articles for a history
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of the process.) This month's article will address:
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<li><a href="#New Web Site">New web sites</a> ----- <a href="http://www.linuxinstitute.org/">http://www.linuxinstitute.org/</a>
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and <a href="http://www.linuxtraining.org/">http://www.linuxtraining.org/</a>
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<li><a href="#Revised Mission Statement">Revised mission statement</a></li>
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<li><a href="#Logo Contest">Logo contest</a></li>
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<li><strong><a href="#How You Can Help">How you can help</a></strong></li>
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<h2><a name="New Web Site">New Web Sites</a></h2>
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<p>This month we are pleased to announce a new web site describing our proposed
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certification program:</p>
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<p> <a href="http://www.linuxinstitute.org/">http://www.linuxinstitute.org/</a>
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</p>
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<p>Please visit the web pages, read about the program we are proposing, and jump on board
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to help us out!</p>
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<p>Credit for the site (and thanks!) is due to <a href="mailto:evan@starnix.com">Evan
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Leibovitch</a> who set up the site, established the domain name, and is serving as our
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webmaster.</p>
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<p>I also have updated a web site I established a few months ago to provide a central
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listing of Linux training resources at:</p>
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<p> <a href="http://www.linuxtraining.org/">http://www.linuxtraining.org/</a>
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</p>
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<p>If you are a training provider, courseware vendor, or independant instructor, please
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visit that site and submit a listing so that I may include you on the list.</p>
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<h2><a name="Revised Mission Statement">Revised Mission Statement</a></h2>
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<p>After much discussion, we have arrived at a mission statement that defines the goal of
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our certification effort:</p>
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<font COLOR="#000066"><i>We believe in the need for a standardized, multi-national, and
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respected program to certify levels of individual expertise in Linux. This program must be
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able to satisfy the requirements of Linux professionals, as well as organizations which
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would employ or contract them. </I></font> </blockquote>
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<blockquote> <font color="#000066"><I>
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Our goal is to design and deliver such a program from within the Linux community, using
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both volunteer and hired resources as necessary. We resolve to undertake a
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well-considered, open, disciplined development process, leading directly to the
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establishment of a recognized and widely-endorsed Linux certification body.</i></font>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Thanks are due to Evan, Chuck Mead, Tom Peters and a number of other individuals who
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hashed this out on the linux-cert mailing list.</p>
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<h2><a name="Logo Contest">Logo Contest</a></h2>
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<p>As part of our effort to build this new web site, we are sponsoring a contest for a
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logo for our project. Several entries have already been received. Please visit <a
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href="http://www.linuxinstitute.org/tli/logos.html">http://www.linuxinstitute.org/tli/logos.html</a>
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if you have an interest in creating a graphic for the site.</p>
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<h2><a name="How You Can Help">How You Can Help</a></h2>
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<p>We need you! If we are to pull off a program of this size and scale as a
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community effort, we need the help of everyone who may be interested in having a
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professional certification program for Linux. Whether you have a large or small
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amount of time to help... whether you are a Linux "guru" or a
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"newbie"... you <strong>can</strong> help make this program a reality!</p>
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<p>To help out, you need to join one or more of our <a
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href="http://www.linuxinstitute.org/tli/involved.html">mailing lists</a>. Before you
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decide how you can help, please read about our proposed <a
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href="http://www.linuxinstitute.org/tli/program.html">program</a> (which has been arrived
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at over the past four months of discussions) and the <a
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href="http://www.linuxinstitute.org/tli/structure.html">structure</a> we are building to
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move the whole process forward. I would suggest you also browse the <a
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href="http://www.linuxcare.com/linux-cert/archive">archive</a> of our linux-cert mailing
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list to understand the discussions we've had to date.</p>
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<p>After reading our information, please plunge on in, join a list (or lists) and help us
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out!</p>
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<h2>Final Thoughts</h2>
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<p>It's been an exciting time for us all. We've had some great debates and argued many
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philosophical and practical points. We have a lot more to do - and will doubtless have
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many more debates ahead of us. But above all, it's been a very professional group of
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people focused on getting a program accomplished! The market has changed, too. There
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is no longer a question of <em>should</em> a Linux certification exist (which our group
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never debated - we have only asked for people to be involved if they want to see a
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certification program happen), but rather <em>who</em> will define that certification
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program. Will it evolve out of the community? Or will it be specified by a
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vendor or distributor? <em>We believe it should come from the community and we
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hope you will join us in that effort!</em></p>
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<p>Please join us on the list(s) and let's make this happen!</p>
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<P> <HR> <P>
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<h4 align="center">Previous ``Linux Certification'' Columns</h4>
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<a HREF="../issue33/york.html">Linux Certification Part #1, October 1998</a><br>
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<a HREF="../issue34/york.html">Linux Certification Part #2, November 1998</a><br>
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<a HREF="../issue35/york.html">Linux Certification Part #3, December 1998</a>
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<h5 align="center">Copyright © 1999, Dan York <br>
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Published in Issue 37 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, February 1999</h5>
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