Subject: Re: linux program in schools?
From: Steve Moitozo (stephen@moitozo.com)
Date: Sat Oct 21 2000 - 09:38:31 MDT
Linux/Unix,
Is the most reusable computer technology skill out their.
As a CIO, I am always more interested in people who have linux/unix
experience than NT. NT people are a dime a dozen and quite fankly do not
usually meet my expectations.
Steve Moitozo
steven@moitozo.com
http://www.moitozo.com
"The Windows Assimilator"
on 10/21/00 9:59 AM, john.newsom@bsd405.com at john.newsom@bsd405.com wrote:
> I am trying to get a linux/unix administration program started in one of our
> high schools. Our vocational education program director is unsure of the
> need.
> He has done some searching and found very few Linux jobs posted. One of his
> contacts indicates that Linux represents only 1% of the IT/IS market.
>
> I saw a recent article on oreilly.com about how Linux/Unix market share is
> greater than aggregate windows NT/2000.
>
> Am I chasing a chimera here, or are we just at the beginning of exponential
> growth in the Linux/Unix marketplace. We currently have a Windows NT/2000
> certification program and a CISCO certification program in our high schools.
> I
> am hoping to be able to offer our students some choices.
>
> John Newsom
> Director of Instructional Technology
> Bellevue School District, WA
>
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