"K. Zamboni" <kevinzamboni_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ui2eqt71v6ev59_at_corp.supernews.com...
> ORACLE INCREASES COST OF ORACLE9i DBA CERTIFICATION
> New "Instructor-Led" Training Requirement Costs at Least US$1500
>
> On June 15, 2002, Oracle sent an email to a select group of Oracle9i
> certification candidates that announced that all new Oracle9i
certification
> candidates (those who have not yet taken an Oracle9i DBA exam) MUST take
at
> least one "instructor-led class" from Oracle Education.
>
> EXEMPTIONS / OPTIONS
> The date the email was sent (Saturday, June 15) was coincidentally the
> deadline for qualifying for exemption from this new requirement. In other
> words, Oracle announced this new requirement without allowing anyone to
> exempt themselves through the stated method of exemption ("having already
> completed at least one exam toward earning their OCP credential before
June
> 15, 2002").
>
> If you've already taken an exam in the Oracle9i DBA track, don't worry you
> are exempt from this new requirement. If you are an Oracle9i DBA candidate
> who has yet to take a certification exam, forget about exempting yourself
> from this new requirement. Instead, focus on your options for working with
> or around this requirement.
>
> --> Visit http://www.dbdomain.com/options.htm to read more about your
> options for pursuing Oracle DBA certification considering this new
> requirement.
> --> Visit http://www.dbdomain.com/announce.htm to read more about this
> announcement.
>
> Also, please feel free to call us with any questions at 1.800.235.3030
(USA)
> or 1.805.929.8905 (others) Monday - Friday, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m.
>
> NOTE: DBDomain.com and Animated Learning, Inc. are NOT affiliated with nor
a
> part of Oracle Corp.
>
We'll, that will keep the riff-raff out. :-)
George Barbour.
Received on Tue Jul 02 2002 - 05:43:08 CDT
