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Re: [Linux-aus] About a User Conference (was...)



Bret Busby wrote:
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Michael Still wrote:
Leon Brooks wrote:

As was I. And businesses looking for a little low-risk training to reduce their fear of taking a leap of faith.

Yes. And people wanting to do the low risk training off their own bat.

Now, there's a possibility for a topic for a seminar/presentation/whatever - Training.

Yes. One of the educational institutions in the ACT has expressed interest in using a user conference as a form of accredited course which would give their students credit towards a tertiary qualification.


One of the possible sponsors mentioned, Novell, provides training. LPI provides certifications. Red Hat provides certifications at different levels. PLUG has previously considered (I can't remember whether anything came of it) holding its own training/certification course(s), that were (I think) similar to the LPI or RH certifications. Some of the individual applications, provide, or have available, training and certifications (eg, MySQL has its own certifications, training and certifications, exists for Perl, and PostgreSQL). Perhaps, if a user conference is to be held, a session or sessions, could be held, to advise regarding training and certifications that are available (notsomuch saying that any company's particular training and certifications, are better than any others, but informaing as to what is available).

Yes. I welcome someone putting in a paper submission on the topic -- it sounds like a worthy one to me.


I think that knowledge of the availability of such things as training and certification, and who provides the facilities, etc, could be useful for Linux Users to have included at a Linux Users Conference.

Also, depending on whow susch a conference or conference network, is to be operated, such a seminar/presentation could have appropriate local flavour (availabe in the easterns states, are ...; available overseas are ...; available across the Internet are..., and, available in Perth, are...).

Perhaps. I'd like to see a simple event fly first. Baby steps.

Mikal

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Linux.conf.au 2005 -- Quite like an excellent Linux and Open Source
conference. http://lca2005.linux.org.au