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:Why Many MCSEs Won't Learn Linux
Why Many MCSEs Won't Learn Linux
May 8, 2008, 01 :30 UTC (32 Talkback[s]) (6150 reads)

(Other stories by Paul Murphy)

"Nathan's basic question, however, can be paraphrased as something that's both serious and interesting: why do so many MCSEs have such a hard time learning to use Linux? and, as a corollary, why do they think there's no effective help available to them?

"I think the answer is that there's a great divide between the Windows and Unix camps: a divide one side doesn't recognize and the other doesn't want to cross. It's the divide between training and education: the difference between rote learning and the application of theory to practice..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
[OK. I *think* many will.]It's not a ...   they will   
Jose_X
May 8, 2008, 02:42:38
 
why do so many MCSEs have such a hard ti ...   Could be many reasons   
jp
May 8, 2008, 04:31:00
 
Based on the MCSEs I've met it comes ...   MCSEs are dependent on Windows   
Gene Anthony
May 8, 2008, 04:50:30
 
Because they Must Call Someone Else when ...   Must Call Someone Else   
Fine Banana
May 8, 2008, 09:37:44
 
The question can be answered much simple ...   Why so many words?   
Rainer Weikusat
May 8, 2008, 10:26:42
 
"he’s the victim of a social community c ...   Nail on the head   
Don Whitbeck
May 8, 2008, 11:01:18
 
 The MSCE mantra: Reboot, re-install, re ...   Re: Could be many reasons   
GreyGeek
May 8, 2008, 11:08:56
 
Age is a huge factor in learning systems ...   Age Factor   
Stomfi
May 8, 2008, 11:17:34
 
>  The MSCE mantra: Reboot, re-install,  ...   Re: Re: Could be many reasons   
Anon
May 8, 2008, 11:50:07
 
many of the Linux admins that I know sta ...   Actually,   
philc
May 8, 2008, 12:13:18
 
I agree about the lack of understanding  ...   Re: Re: Could be many reasons   
Matt
May 8, 2008, 12:14:28
 
>  The MSCE mantra: Reboot, re-install,  ...   Re: Re: Could be many reasons   
Tim
May 8, 2008, 12:38:36
 
> why do so many MCSEs have such a hard  ...   Re: Could be many reasons   
Sid Boyce
May 8, 2008, 12:43:44
 
In my experience, MCSEs went into IT bec ...   MCSEs are not interested in learning   
David F. Skoll
May 8, 2008, 13:05:05
 
 Age is a huge factor in learning system ...   Re: Age Factor - myth   
jp
May 8, 2008, 13:13:53
 
> Age is a huge factor in learning syste ...   Re: Age Factor//WRONG!   
beerntrousers
May 8, 2008, 14:09:15
 
Some people never get tired of bigotry,  ...   Re: Age Factor -- What Utter Garbage!!!!!!!!!   
hike
May 8, 2008, 14:27:35
 
I don't really know any more than wh ...   Possible exception   
cob
May 8, 2008, 14:34:46
 
I can speak to this:  I was an MCSE in t ...   About 3 months to learn Unix well   
Cole Thompson
May 8, 2008, 17:32:44
 
>> If I recall correctly, they said they ...   Re: Re: Re: Could be many reasons   
Jose_X
May 8, 2008, 18:41:25
 
I mean, damn, I'm fifty years old, a ...   Hell yes, there's an age factor!   
blackbelt_jones
May 8, 2008, 21:16:38
 
I would expect that many MSCEs are secre ...   They are invested in the status quo   
blackbelt_jones
May 8, 2008, 21:36:25
 
> ... there is a whole new generation ab ...   Re: Re: Could be many reasons   
blackhole
May 9, 2008, 00:42:26
 
I am now 57.I started in FORTRAN, then m ...   to old???   
Gavin Flower
May 9, 2008, 00:53:39
 
When I started out, all I really knew wa ...   Learning Unix   
SteveOC
May 9, 2008, 06:37:24
 
> this means they are absolutely no diff ...   Re: Why so many words?   
Onan the Barbarian
May 9, 2008, 07:52:09
 
> I can speak to this:  I was an MCSE in ...   Re: About 3 months to learn Unix well   
Rainer Weikusat
May 9, 2008, 09:21:49
 
 Not true. Various studies have shown th ...   Re: Re: Age Factor - myth   
GreyGeek
May 9, 2008, 18:18:07
 
> When I started out, all I really knew  ...   Re: Learning Unix   
GreyGeek
May 9, 2008, 18:43:02
 
> 1) Everything is a file. Everything, i ...   Re: Learning Unix   
Zartan
May 9, 2008, 21:02:22
 
Most MCSEs are not 4 year college gradua ...   MCSE != Computer Science degree   
Nealzilla
May 9, 2008, 21:26:36
 
> I use Ubuntu on my personal computers  ...   Re: Re: Age Factor -- What Utter Garbage!!!!!!!!!   
Andreas Mohr
May 10, 2008, 17:38:00
 
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