Re: proveit.com
Hal Duston <[email protected]>
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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] _______________________________________________ KCLUG mailing list [email protected] http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug