Need a Linux Admin? Grow your own. Red Hat turns up heat in OS battle. (Financial Aid Watch).With the growing popularity--and cost savings--of the Linux Linux Nonproprietary operating system (OS) for digital computers. In 1991 Linus Torvalds of Finland began asking for volunteer programmers over the Internet to collaborate on the development of a UNIX-like OS for personal computers; the “1. operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , many IT administrators are considering the open-source o·pen-source adj. Of or relating to source code that is available to the public: an open-source operating system. open-source platform for use on their own campuses. Now Red Hat, a leading Linux provider, has launched Red Hat Academy for colleges and universities to offer training for Linux technicians. Red Hat Academy will help students gain certified See certification. experience as system administrators, network engineers, and database and Web developers. The move is seen as a direct challenge to Microsoft's Certified Engineer Program. No word yet on the cost, but Red Hat spokespeople say there will be no licensing or upgrade fees, nor will there be a per-student charge for the training. Two-year and four-year schools can use the curriculum for up to 5,000 full-time full-time adj. Employed for or involving a standard number of hours of working time: a full-time administrative assistant. full enrolled students. "The costs and legal burden of proprietary software for education are becoming unsupportable," a Red Hat spokesman said in a thinly veiled reference to Microsoft's costly and restrictive licensing arrangements. Visit www.redhat.com. |
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