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| Tried to register online for the Linux plus exam but I was astonished by the HIGH price tag of 270 EURO incl. VAT.
Why is this exam so enormous expensive, it is just an entry level, basic comptia test, not exactly CCIE. And as it contains a lot of A+ elements, and as comptia is not known for its high quality I am just wondering...
Anyway I'm thinking of doing the LPI track instead or maybe I should register for VU instead of Prometric (maybe cheaper) or skip the entry level idea and study onwards for the quality RHCE/SUN exams only. I don't know anymore, the idee was, to get some certification/experience with linux/unix next to the already present microsoft/cisco.
As microsoft is highly involved in the company comptia, maybe they pushed them to put the Linux examprice at an unattainable high level.
Next in line with the free linux distro's I think that the Linux exams should be free as well.
Sorry guys, just a bit dissapointed. | |
| The VMS Kid 2002-04-19, 6:25 am |
| CompTIA has always been known for their ridiculously high exam prices. Here in the U.S., it costed me 195 dollars. The LPI seems better but remember you take two exams for one cert and so I don't think that you would really come out much cheaper., And the RHCE is so outrageous that I can't even contemplate it. I think the bottom line is that certs . . . both the test-giving and the test-preparation . . . is a lucrative business. I wish they were cheaper myself. But since Linux has stopped being just a hacker's OS and has become maintsream, I think we can all foreget about the "free" shtick from now on. If the job pays, then the training to get the job will cost as well.  | |
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| Boulware5 2002-04-19, 4:11 pm |
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Originally posted by The VMS Kid
CompTIA has always been known for their ridiculously high exam prices. Here in the U.S., it costed me 195 dollars. The LPI seems better but remember you take two exams for one cert and so I don't think that you would really come out much cheaper., And the RHCE is so outrageous that I can't even contemplate it. I think the bottom line is that certs . . . both the test-giving and the test-preparation . . . is a lucrative business. I wish they were cheaper myself. But since Linux has stopped being just a hacker's OS and has become maintsream, I think we can all foreget about the "free" shtick from now on. If the job pays, then the training to get the job will cost as well.
Yeah but if exams were cheap than a lot more people would have them thus devaluing them. | |
| The VMS Kid 2002-04-19, 4:15 pm |
| I don't buy that line of reasoning. the reaosn an exam should be worth something is not because they can't AFFORD it, but because the exam should be hard. Otherwise it's just a matter of money. The well-oof can afford it and the others can't. What would be the value in that? | |
| dagger 2002-04-19, 5:39 pm |
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Originally posted by The VMS Kid
I don't buy that line of reasoning. the reaosn an exam should be worth something is not because they can't AFFORD it, but because the exam should be hard. Otherwise it's just a matter of money. The well-oof can afford it and the others can't. What would be the value in that?
Exactly !
Think:
If the CISSP exam was only $10.00 to take
would all of us be CISSP certified.
I think not.
That exam could be free
and still have the credibility it has now.
A hard exam is a hard exam no matter what the price is. | |
| ccieToBe 2002-04-19, 6:00 pm |
| I'm actually glad that these exams cost so much. Novell use to let their employees take exams for free. Because of this, a lot of employees would take exams over and over again until they memorized the entire question bank and could in a way braindump their way through these exams. When Novell realized what was going on they discontinued this. My thought is charging a lot for exams discourages this type of behavior.
What would be nice would be if a very small amount were charged the first time you take an exam and a much higher rate were charged after that. That way you get the advantages of both. | |
| The VMS Kid 2002-04-22, 8:30 am |
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Originally posted by ccieToBe
I'm actually glad that these exams cost so much. Novell use to let their employees take exams for free. Because of this, a lot of employees would take exams over and over again until they memorized the entire question bank and could in a way braindump their way through these exams. When Novell realized what was going on they discontinued this. My thought is charging a lot for exams discourages this type of behavior.
What would be nice would be if a very small amount were charged the first time you take an exam and a much higher rate were charged after that. That way you get the advantages of both.
I agree, that would make the incentive to learn the material right the first time much greater. | |
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| Thanks for the exam-voucher suggestion, I'm not sure it will work for Europe as well.
The high pricetag will limit the succes of Linux+, Linux in general!
I don't mind that thousands of people have it, better yet lets all take and pass Linux+. This will only enlarge the popularity of Linux in general and encourage more and more Linux implementations.
If you would like to stand out continue on LPI, SUN or RHCE.
Anyway working with Linux is actually much fun, really learning something different, something new. | |
| twbnet 2002-04-26, 10:04 am |
| You might consider looking at http://www.brainbench.com
They have general Linux exam that is free to take (they charge US-$9.95 for the peice of paper if you pass).
They also have a Red Hat specific exam that costs US-$49.95 (I think) to take, but the peice of paper is included in that fee.
All BrainBench.com exams are taken online and they provide an online transcript that you can provide in resume by way of URL.
There are two (almost) problems with BrainBench.com:
1. They are not that well known in industry (yet).
2. The Certs do expire in three years, so have to re-certify. | |
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| Don't trust Brainbench!!! I took and passed 4 of their certs in 2000 and all evidence of them has been removed since 2001. Fortunately I do have the certificates but they are pretty worthless since there is no trust with the company. Consider yourself lucky if they hold your records for 6 months let alone 3 years...they are just in it for the quick buck. | |
| twbnet 2002-04-27, 7:02 pm |
| That is sad to hear. It would be good if they could have become a main player in the certification arena, but if they don't even keep transcripts for the cert's term, then that is bad for business (theirs and ours).
Oh well, they started with a nice idea. | |
| The VMS Kid 2002-04-29, 6:36 am |
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Originally posted by Raph
Don't trust Brainbench!!! I took and passed 4 of their certs in 2000 and all evidence of them has been removed since 2001. Fortunately I do have the certificates but they are pretty worthless since there is no trust with the company. Consider yourself lucky if they hold your records for 6 months let alone 3 years...they are just in it for the quick buck.
Please remember that Brainbench certs expire one year from the date that you get them. | |
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| In any case they only held my info for 6 months and when I took the certs - there was no expiration. Granted it was durning their beta period but 6 months just isn't good enough! | |
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| Brainbench had a policy for only keeping the certifications for 1 year and then they expire, there was such an uproar about it that they have changed the policy to 3 years now. They have gone back and re-instated the certifications that had expired. I know I had several of them that have now been re-instated... | |
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| They have not reinstated mine and I took them under 2 years ago so I will never trust them. |
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Good Luck