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LWN: Jonathan Corbet — Linux Certification, Two Competing Approaches

In this hard hitting comparison taken from a Thursday
evening BOF at Linux Expo, we see the clash of two business
philosophies: community cooperation versus winner take all
entrepreneurship. Thought provoking — a must read.

“In one corner was Tobin Maginnis, proprieter of Sair, Inc.
(www.linuxcertification.org). Tobin is putting together a
commercial certification scheme…”

“In the other corner is the Linux Professional Institute
(www.lpi.org), a distributed group organized as a Canada-based
nonprofit corporation. The LPI is pushing hard for community
involvement in the certification process…’

Complete
story
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