Ask HN: Is it still worth doing Red Hat certs?

Re:Ask HN: Is it still worth doing Red Hat certs? by xyzzy123 on Friday August 11, 2023 @06:41PM (#37094921)

AFAIK the people who pay RedHat money are F500, banks, other enterprise and government, i.e, "boring" organisations that absolutely could not care less how much RedHat does or does not give back to the community.

If you are looking for employment in those sorts of places, the certs may be useful.

I do think what they're doing is bad for the long term health of their products though. Linux distros live and die by the size and strength of their communities.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it still worth doing Red Hat certs? by cookiengineer on Saturday August 12, 2023 @02:38AM (#37097638)

> Zero-sum thinking

Who would have thought that people who just buy stuff don't care about things as much as the people who built it?

This whole thing was predictable when Red Hat got sold off to IBM, and it seems to be the ever repeating cycle of American capitalism. In order for such communities to exceed the lifespans of their creators, we need foundations and non-profits to prevent hostile takeovers by VCs.

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