Re: proveit.com

Hal Duston <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.user-groups.linux.kansascity
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:39:54 -0500, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> I was recently referred to a skills testing site, proveit.com.  They have a 
> number of Linux skills tests available - all of which can only be taken in 
> Internet Explorer running on Windows.

I'm going to disagree on this point as I recall taking a couple tests via this
site a few years back (2007?) with a Fedora desktop and Firefox browser.

> It occurs to me that yes, there is a world where all the admins run Windows 
> and manage their Linux systems and servers with putty, or more likely vnc or 
> a web interface.  I'm sure this is more common in the "enterprise" Linux 
> world than in my experience.
>
> Besides the tests working only in Windows, they say that they were tested in 
> Firefox 2.0 and IE6 - the latter being a notorious security hole that 
> Microsoft has struggled in vain to get rid of.
>
> Anyway, just so you know, anybody citing proveit.com testing as evidence of 
> Linux knowledge is pulling your leg.

The agency cited proveit.com testing as evidence of my C knowledge and PL/SQL
knowledge at the time.

Thanks,
--
Hal Duston
[email protected]
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