hpuxrac wrote:
> Noons wrote:
>
>
>>>$6,000 for an OCP course is outrageous.
>>
>>I've said it many times here and in other places:
>>the ONLY thing OCP has achieved is to make a lot of
>>companies providing this kind of service very, very rich.
>>
>>Talk about giving Oracle an aura of very high TCO,
>>difficult to learn product: 6 grand! What a joke!
>>
>>Can't someone at Oracle SEE they're shooting themselves
>>in the foot with this ludicrous thing and just PUT AN END
>>to it? It's been going on long enough. What a crock...
>
>
> Actually many/most of the companies in the US that were specializing in
> certification and computer training have gone the way of the buffalo
> since the year 2000.
>
> The community colleges have taken over the role of providing most of
> this education.
>
> There are many community colleges that participate in the Oracle
> Workforce initiative. Prices vary considerably each each workforce
> partner sets the cost.
You are correct. And now I am seeing even those programs evaporate
due to lack of interest. Last year, in my area, two community colleges
out of four stopped offering it.
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Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Thu Sep 15 2005 - 10:40:29 CDT
