Not a typo: �‹Microsoft is offering a Linux certification

ZD Net ^ | 9 December 2015 | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

[ShadowAce]

[markomalley]

I noticed that the other day and did a double-take.

[exDemMom]

Ping for later.

My son might be interested.

[Paine in the Neck]

Cooperate. Co-opt. Control.

[ShadowAce]

yeah--I'm thinking that's the plan here.

If you want a Linux cert, go get a real one--from Red Hat, or another Linux-based organization.

[rarestia]

Given that Linux is a giant pool of open source, why dismiss Microsoft’s offering?

[ShadowAce]

Why accept it blindly, when there are companies with much more expertise in the matter?

Besides, I know MS' history. I judge based on that. If they play nicely this time, then good for them.

But I'm not holding my breath.

[rarestia]

Understand that the certification they’re offering is not for a Microsoft-branded version of Linux but Linux on Azure in general. They have full end-to-end support for Linux on the Azure cloud platform now, something they didn’t have when they launched. It could be RHEL, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, CentOS, Fedora... doesn’t matter. Linux is Linux at its core.

[ShadowAce]

Yes, I understand there is no MS-Linux.

FreeBSD is not Linux, BTW.

And maintaining/admin Linux is quite different across some distros. That is why some software will run under Ubuntu, but not RHEL, will run under Fedora, but not Debian.

My RHCE does not transfer seamlessly to Ubuntu.

[tacticalogic]

There's been something of a sea change with Snover at the helm of the server division.

Microsoft loves Linux

[o_1_2_3__]

Maybe dogs and cats can live together!

6 And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them. 7Also the cow and the bear will graze, Their young will lie down together, And the lion will eat straw like the ox...

I think we all know who the "little boy" is.

[o_1_2_3__]

Cooperate. Co-opt. Control.

Dialogue, deceive, dominate.

[wally_bert]

Is Linux+ worth bothering over?

[ShadowAce]

Linux+ is--in my opinion--a minor certification.

If I was hiring for a position, I would take it as a positive, but not as something that the prospect would be an expert. It would indicate a desire to learn, but would not be a senior level position.

[ShadowAce]

There's been a change.

Time will tell what kind of change it is. Microsoft has not earned any kind of trust from me.

[wally_bert]

I pretty much thought the same. At times I thought about getting on certification horse again.

When I had active MS certs, no one cared and I couldn’t get the time of day for an interview. They ran out and people would talk to me. For some reason trends tend to operate in reverse for me.

I knew educated idiots who could take tests well and not much else get offers.

I am looking at Security+ and got a study guide and book on the Kindle app. Beats toting around a book. Add Atlas Shrugged and that makes all of the Kindle I’ve bought so far. All in the past few days.

[ShadowAce]

What makes the RHCE valuable is that it is 100% practical. You are seated in front of a computer and told how it needs to be configured/troubleshooted. Then you do it.

There are no multiple guess, fill-in-the-blank questions.

When you pass, people *know* that you know what you're are talking about.

[ShadowAce]

I am looking at Security+ and got a study guide and book on the Kindle app.

Security is big right now. Get certified in that, and you should be able to get lots of offers.

[rarestia]

Understood. I sit between two RHCEs, but they’re both fluent in Debian-based Linux as well. And while I’m getting strong in Bash, I’m teaching them Powershell, and they love it. The opportunities for crossover are immense in IT.