Re: [users] Re: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 09:15:23AM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote:
| > > > They can either let you run linux, or pay for your
| > > > MCSE courses.
| > >
| > > That's reasonable ... as long as they've paid for
| > > everyone else's MCSE course who uses Windows
| > > on the campus.
| >
| > speaking from experience (oops), the mcse doesn't
| > buy you jack. okay, i didn't take courses, but the
| > certifications are totally stupid, so i don't figure you
| > learn a whole lot more in the training sessions.
| >
| > a person with an mcse knows how to click pretty
| > buttons and how to interpret pretty (?) dialogs, but
| > know jack about computers or networks...
|
| In all honesty, there's a difference between taking
| MCSE-related classes and taking "Introduction to Windows
| 9x/NT/2000". Cost is a *huge* one.
Yeah, the whole point of the request for the course is based on $$ --
it would be cheaper for the admins to let [you] (the OP) run linux
than pay for an MCSE course.
| An MCSE here at work had the task of fdisking my old Linux box
| ;-( Another "admin" had to walk her through booting off a
| floppy disk and starting fdisk. She was lost once it started
| though. No buttons to click, no wizards to walk her through
| the steps, no "Next" buttons...
Hehe.
-D
Reply to: