Subj : Re: about to blow a gaske
To   : Belly
From : Sniper
Date : Fri Apr 08 2005 01:17 am

-=> Belly wrote to Sniper <=-

 Be>   Re: Re: about to blow a gaske
 Be>   By: Sniper to Belly on Wed Apr 06 2005 01:50 am

 > Having gone to the Official schools for it, there was one thing that use to
 > piss me off, and that was the attitude of my classmates...  They thought the
 > were better than everyone else... I don't know what the hell they put into
 > those certs, but, for some reason, everyone I've met that has the same have
 > this attitude that just pisses me off... And what really pisses me off, is t
 > they wouldn't know a motherboard from a modem... they know the software, but
 > don't know jack about the hardware running it.

 Be> I'm not sure if that was somehow directed at me or not... I don't think
 Be> so, but Not sure... Anyway, I try not to have an attitude like that
 Be> when dealing with people, be they technical or not. In fact, my
 Be> customers generally thank me for explaining their problems and
 Be> solutions in terms that they can understand. I have met several
 Be> multi-certed people with knowitall attitudes, though... So I
 Be> understand.

No, it wasn't directed at you.  It was just me venting... :)

 > I went and certified with RH... why?  I have no freakin' idea... I hate RH w
 > a passion... and after that, I hated it more!  The best certifications for
 > Linux are personal knowledge... anything else is a waste of time.  Like my
 > certification with Red Hat means diddly when I use primarily Debian or
 > Slackware for my clients?  :)

 Be> Yeah, we signed on as a RH reseller back in 2000. What a waste of
 Be> money. The only tangib;le benefit we received from that: A copy of RH
 Be> 6.2, 2 hats, and 2 shirts.

Yea, that's nice.  Although, I don't know what was so good about RH 6.2 either.

 > Well damn... then my last certification which was 6 is still valid?  Hell, I
 > never checked.  Had no need to... the last known Novell system in Valdosta G
 > is about to go bye bye!

 Be> Let me know when... I'll dedicate my next server install to its memory.
 Be> :)

I was planning on doing it next week, but the client hasn't decided on a day
yet.  
The server is built, ready to go.



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