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

[steve]

Looks like I responded to the wrong letter.   Ok, Responding to this one.

Digium is free to charge whatever they wish.  However, anyone can open their
own course and do their own certifications as long as their course is not
using the same exact material that Digium is using.  Otherwise that would be
a copyright violation without Digium's permission in writing.

A certification course from Digium is no big deal.   Most of the end users
only care that you can install and maintain their systems.   Everything else
is pure rhetoric. 

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jason Becker
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 6:20 AM
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk training and certification
::AstriconTraining

steve wrote:
> Those prices are insane.   I have been using Asterisk and have no
intentions
> of learning what I already know.   We have been trying to get certified
for
> over 4 months except no one would call us back from Digium.   
> 
> 
> Digium is finding out that their cards are not selling like they used to
> since most people are now moving directly over to SIP from T1, E1 and Pots
> lines.
> 
> That is the problem when you go open source.  I guess they need the money.

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.

Regards,

-- 
Jason Becker
Director & CEO
Coalescent Systems Inc.
403.244.8089
www.coalescentsystems.ca
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