Re: [Sheflug] Re: courses

[Craig Andrews <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 24 April 2002 07:19, R E B Holland is reported to have said:
> they should be teaching skills not packages. I hope the install fest in May
> will do a bit to stimulate demand for Linux training - if local businesses
> start to take a serious interest then the demand will increase - hence the

Yes, this could be a positive aspect, especially following the Club UK Online 
seminar :)

> need to put on the demo of Open Office etc. It would be good if we could
> create a 'centre of excellence' for Linux skills in South Yorkshire.

Surely it should be a centre of excellence for IT skills, so as not to be as 
zealotous as the educational institutions in the area?

Of course, it would primarily use Linux, for various technical reasons 
(cheapness, modularity, ease of disassembly, etc), but a college which 
teaches IT skills rather than Winblows skills would be great.

Too many times I have seen questions like 'What is a FQDN?' with answers 
like 'it is a name used to communicate with other Windows machines, and the 
primary domain controller. It is sometimes called the NETBIOS name' marked as 
correct!! (that'd be once, but once too many)

Yes, this is a pet peeve of mine :)

Craig
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