Re: certification

[paw@northstar.dartmouth.edu]

Stephen Potter writes:

	Again, I agree with the people who have said, "Knowledge is Good", but
	you must also agree with me that just because that is, it isn't enough to
	make it a mandatory skill for an SA.

I don't think anyone's suggesting it be mandatory.  This whole tempest was
apparently provoked in response to Greg Rose's offer to write a PGP Merit
Badge.  The Merit Badge idea has _always_ been to construct a set of
"learning tools" so folks could acquire new skills or verify that their
skills were extant.  It's not a mandatory program; no one's suggesting that
everyone need have the same set of "badges".

Greg offered to write a PGP badge because he knows that subject well; I
doubt he was suggesting that PGP knowledge is essential to sysadmin.

Pat Wilson
paw@dartmouth.edu