Computerworld: How Your Career Can Thrive With Linux
Mar 20, 2003, 01:00 (0 Talkback[s])
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"What does it mean for IT professionals now that Linux is
finding its way into a growing number of corporate settings? For
systems administrators—the corporate IT people most likely to
be affected by Linux adoption—it means they'll have another
operating system to learn as their companies capitalize on Linux
savings by retraining staffers.
"'It's definitely a year of cost containment,' says Fran
Linhart, director of certifications at The Computing Technology
Industry Association Inc. in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., which offers
an entry-level Linux certification. She notes that it's easier and
cheaper to retrain existing staffers than to hire new ones. Indeed,
employers paid for most of the 20,000-plus professionals certified
by Linux Professional Institute Inc. in Brampton, Ontario, through
the end of 2002, and for the approximately 6,600 professionals who
qualified for the Red Hat Certified Systems Engineer
designation..."
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