[TriLUG] Red Hat System Admin class

[Nick Goldwater]

I'm sorry but I cannot comment.
Nick


----- "Marty Ferguson" <martyferg at nc.rr.com> wrote:
| I beg to differ, Nick Goldwater.
| 
| Having taught the Red Hat courses and worked as an RHCX
| (Red Hat Certified Examiner) I can assure you that Red Hat Software
| has a mutual interest with all successful examinees (i.e., RHCE's
| that
| that earned their cert) to maintain confidentiality about the content
| of
| the examination.  No instructor is permitted to "teach the test" and
| each
| successful RHCE candidate can be assured that the certificate they
| hold is proof of their knowledge and aptitude.  
| 
| If the contents of the exam were openly discussed and posted on
| blogs,
| the value of the certification would become significantly debased 
| through
| the result of awarding the RHCE to (some percentage of) examinees who
| 
| invested no more effort in training and test preparation than to
| rehearse 
| the solutions to the hands-on portion of the exam.
| 
| There is no doubt in my mind that the requirement of confidentiality
| is of 
| utmost importance in maintaining the credibility of the certification
| and the
| social contract between RHCE's, employers, and Red Hat Software.
| 
| Marty Ferguson
| 
| 
| 
| ---- Nick Goldwater <trilug at dogstar1.com> wrote: 
| > ----- "James Olin Oden" <james.oden at gmail.com> wrote:
| > | Personally, I think the whole non-disclosure is a bit annoying,
| but
| > | its actually standard practice for people that peddle their
| classes
| > | to
| > | others so that someone can't take their material and teach the
| same
| > | stuff.
| > 
| > The RedHat non-disclosure agreement shields them from any test
| related criticism because in order to do so it requires divulging
| information covered by the said agreement.
| > Nick
| > 
| > | 
| > | I knew you weren't trying anything shady, I just had to explain
| why I
| > | couldn't be as kind as I would have liked to have been.
| > | 
| > | Cheers...james
| > | 
| > | On 11/2/07, Glenn Starling <GJStarling at charter.net> wrote:
| > | > I haven't taken any tests, so I didn't sign any agreement (yet)
| > | > regarding that.  I know the book is copyrighted and you can't
| > | photocopy
| > | > it, but I haven't previously heard any restrictions on what one
| can
| > | do
| > | > with the book.  Sorry about an improper question.  I definitely
| > | wasn't
| > | > trying to do anything that wasn't OK.
| > | >
| > | > -- Glenn
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 14:49 -0400, James Olin Oden wrote:
| > | > > who took the class signed a non-disclosure
| > | > > agreement that  in short said you won't talk about the test
| and
| > | you
| > | > > won't share the book.  That said, if you look at the list of
| > | things
| > | > > that they say you need to know (i.e.
| > | >
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