Re: state of the midrange (fwd)

["Mike Shaw" <mshaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chuck,

I support the concept of certification as well...But not as currently
implemented by IBM............

Even after sending e-mail (late June timeframe) to the folks at IBM who
control this process, for the Professional System Administrator, no one has
responded to this day.  Now that is really listening to your customers!  ;-)

Mike Shaw
North American Mortgage
Santa Rosa, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Lewis <CLEWIS@IQUEST.NET>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: state of the midrange (fwd)


>On the topic of certification - agreed on the AS/400 front. It's hard to
believe
>that it is WORSE than MCSE if you have been reading the trades lately
(become an
>MCSE in TWO WEEKS !!!!!). Folks knocked Novell several years back (and
rightly
>so) for "paper CNE's" and they responded with the next level of
certification but
>MS has gotten that beat ALL to heck ! And if that (MCSE) is what AS/400
>certification would grow into - forget it !!! :-)
>
>JMHO
>
>Chuck
>
>Mike Shaw wrote:
>
>> Don,
>>
>> I finally got around to reading your state of the midrange and I must
say,
>> you have hit the nail on the head.  I agree with where you went there and
>> especially on the certification.  In its current form, it is as bogus as
a $
>> 3.00 bill as IBM has implemented it today.
>>
>> You came across with a great tone, light-hearted and serious as a heart
>> attack!  It was enjoyable to read.  Great job!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> +---
>> | This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
>> | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
>> | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
>> | To unsubscribe from this list send email to
MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
>> | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator:
david@midrange.com
>> +---
>
>+---
>| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
>| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
>| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
>| To unsubscribe from this list send email to
MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
>| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator:
david@midrange.com
>+---
>

+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---