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Grant Sewell wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:33:59 +0000 > Tom Potts wrote: > >> I get the impression that most courses are outrageously expensive. > > Courses are frequently expensive. That doesn't mean you have to do the > courses to gain the qualifications. There's nothing to stop you > downloading the LPI's specs and teaching yourself - or getting a book - > then taking the exam. Likewise for the Microsoft exams - you do not > *have* to attend the course. > > (Ofcourse, there are courses out there where you *do* have to attend in > order to gain the qualifications... I don't think you can do the RHCx > by self-study alone.) > >> I can see why MS courses are as you have to pay them at some point but >> £1000 for a weeks course using free software is tantamount to theft! > > Yeah, I can kinda see where you're coming from here... but the > courseware may not be Free (with a capital F). > >> I would have thought that most of the coursework could be provided as >> Creative Commons and be made available online. > > You'd've thought so... and some of them are (Ubuntu Desktop Training, > for example). > >> Does anyone know where the standards for the European Computer >> Driving license can be found? I bet its in Pointless Document Format >> so it would be a nightmare to convert... > > Pointless Document Format it is: > http://tinyurl.com/baaamp > > Grant > You have two options openecdl, so the courseware is freely available http://www.openicdl.com/?pagina_id=1 ingots (software) Pilots (hardware) http://theingots.org/ http://thepilots.org/ All we need now is someone else to A) find a suitable venue b) book i c) be able to teach and present the course d) certifiy the exams so anyone taking them can get a certificate and all the other items needed for this to work, computer suite, insurance etc etc etc Paul -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet : Feb 7th : 3pm (TBC), Shoreline Cafe Paignton -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html