[ILUG] Sair Linux and GNU Certification Newsletter #5

[Sair Linux and GNU Certification News]

Dear Linux Professional:

Following  is  our  latest  installment  of  the Sair Linux & GNU
Newsletter.  Much has happened since our last mailing.  Sair  has
built  strategic  alliances with major hardware manufacturers and
contracted  with  numerous  new  corporate  training  facilities.
There are new additions to the Sair Linux & GNU Certification Ad­
visory Board, and our training material will  soon  be  available
worldwide through a variety of sources.

Sair  has  been  asked to join the Consortium for Open Source Re­
search and Development and Sair has had the unique opportunity to
present  at  a  number of Linux conventions and conferences.  The
next presentation will be at The Baazar in New York  (http://the­
bazaar.org/) on December 14-16, 1999.

As  always,  Sair would like to thank the Linux community and our
network of trainers, training centers, and advisory board members
for their regular feedback and participation in our program.  To­
gether we will build on this initial  success  and  make  certain
that quality, comprehensive educational material is available for
Linux.

We appreciate your continued support of Sair.  Your questions and
suggestions can be sent to questions at linuxcertification.com.

Sincerely,

The Sair Linux & GNU Team

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                        Sair Linux & GNU
                         Notes and News

Compaq Signs On As Sair Linux & GNU Internal Training Organization.

Compaq  Computer Company has recently contracted to become a Sair
Linux & GNU  Authorized  Internal  Training  Organization  (ITO).
Compaq  intends  to  train  its network of dealers worldwide with
Sair Linux & GNU material and has stipulated that Sair's  compre­
hensive  Linux  and GNU training and certification will be a pre­
requisite for Compaq's internal ASE program.  Compaq has  already
begun  to  order  material  and  classes will begin in the coming
months.  Sair will initially assist in coordinating and  conduct­
ing training.

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   Compaq Chooses Sair Linux & GNU Certification and Training
Contracts with Sair, Inc. to Develop Compaq's Linux ASE Program.

Compaq  Computer Company has announced it will utilize Sair Linux
& GNU Training Material as a base to  develop  its  internal  ASE
program.   The Compaq ASE program is designed to educate and test
Compaq employees on how Linux works specifically on Compaq  hard­
ware.   As  indicated  above,  Compaq has listed Sair Linux & GNU
training material as a prerequisite for the  ASE  program.   Sair
will  consult  with  Compaq  and assist in development of the ASE
program and will utilize its own Sair Linux & GNU training  mate­
rial to structure the ASE program.

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John  Wiley & Sons Publishing Partners with Sair, Inc. to Develop
           Sair Linux & GNU Training Internationally.

John Wiley & Sons Publishing has  recently  partnered  with  Sair
Linux  & GNU to handle print production and provide international
marketing development and sales  for  Sair  Linux  &  GNU  corpo­
rate/classroom  training  materials.  John Wiley & Sons also pub­
lishes and distributes Sair Linux & GNU textbooks globally.

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        Sair Linux & GNU Textbooks Available in December.

Sair's Linux &  GNU  textbook,  Installation  and  Configuration,
which  leads  to the Sair Linux & GNU Installation and Configura­
tion examination offered through Sylvan Prometric, will be avail­
able  at  all  major bookstores throughout the world in December.
Those interested in pre-orders may do so now through  Amazon.Com,
BarnesAndNobel.com,  FatBrain.com,  or your favorite online book­
store.

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  Sair Founder and President, Dr. Tobin Maginnis to Present at
                      New York Convention.

Dr. P. Tobin Maginnis, president of Sair, Inc. has been asked  to
present  at  The Baazar Linux convention in New York.  Dr. Magin­
nis? extensive research in open-source software and  his  commit­
ment to education and certification in Linux prompted the invita­
tion.  The convention is scheduled to begin on  December  14  and
run   through   the  16th.   More  information  is  available  at
http://www.thebazaar.org .

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Two Exams Live, Entire LCA Level Complete By the End of November.

Sair Linux & GNU Certification examinations for  Linux  Installa­
tion  and Configuration, and System Administration are now avail­
able at 143 Sylvan Prometric testing centers worldwide.

Networking and Security, Privacy and Ethics will be available  by
the  middle of November.  Those interested in attaining the Linux
Certified Administrator (LCA)  certification  program  must  only
complete these four examinations.

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     Sair Linux & GNU Welcomes It's Newest Training Partners

Productivity Point International, Raleigh; Productivity Point In­
ternational, Fort Lauderdale;  New  Horizons,  New  Orleans;  New
Horizons,  Memphis;  Executive 2000, Inc.; Systems and Management
Consultants FJB Web Technology, Ltd.; The  Computer  Underground;
North  American Computer Consultants; Excom Education, South Mel­
bourne; Reliance Systems; GTC Systems; Viking Systems; Baily Con­
sulting  Technologies;  Cascom, Inc.; Permond Solutions; The Uni­
versity of Mississippi

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      Sair Linux & GNU Welcomes New Advisory Board Members

Sair Linux & GNU would like to welcome the following  individuals
represented on our Advisory Board:

Eric  Forler,  Corel; John Terpstra, Turbo Linux; Julie Rowe, New
Horizons Corporate; Adam Goodman, Linux Magazine; Linux  Interna­
tional  Technical  Board; Robert McMillan, Linux Magazine Stephen
Solomon, Senior Editor, Course Technology; Karen Andrews, Produc­
tivity Point International

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Consortium  for  Open  Source  Research and Development schedules
                   first meeting in December.

Twelve universities from eleven different countries will meet  in
November  to  plan and develop a structured program for continued
research and development of Linux and open source software.  Ini­
tial discussions will include areas of critical importance, shar­
ing of  information  and  communication,  corporate  involvement,
graduate  and  doctoral  student  inclusion and GPL legal issues.
For more information on the Consortium, please contact Kevin Sed­
don at 800.777.4210.