[Asterisk-biz] Asterisk training and certification ::AstriconTraining

[Brian West]

> Don't mean to pick on you Steve :-) but you guys should read Golden's
> "Succeeding with Open Source" before levelling this kind of criticism at
> Digium. The Asterisk Community surely has a low opinion about
> certifications but I think the announcement should be considered as an
> attempt by Digium to show the industry/analysts that Asterisk is
> maturing. You don't have to look any further than JBoss to see a similar
> consultant certification process - and one of their courses is $3250 US.
> Granted, JBoss offers their curriculum all over the world but then
> they've been at it longer than Digium has.

Just remember its not Digium that cooked this little scheme up.  And I'm not
in search of a free Cert.  I am more concerned with the community than
myself.  If you didn't attend astericon you wouldn't get it... This
community is more like a family and if you were there you would have known
this.

bkw