Linux Professional Institute LPI Certification adopted by Public Schools in Spain
The below news is very important in Linux/Open Source awareness/Competncies and adoption Details: The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world’s premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced with its affiliate organization LPI-Spain (http://www.lpi.org.es/) that a program in public schools in Spain to promote Linux education and certification has achieved successful results in its first six months of operation. This public education initiative with Proyecto Universidad Empresa (PUE) has recruited close to 20 training partners. PUE is Spain’s leading agency in the development of IT training and certification and provides academic programs for such major IT organizations as Microsoft, Cisco and Sun. For more information on PUE’s initiative with LPI please see: http://www.pue.es/lpi “This impressive result early in this program initiative with PUE demonstrates the growing recognition of the need for professional Linux skills and knowledge within the