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I agree with Yakov on this. I was just checking the prices for learning the
Red hat linux and training courses for RHCE(Red Hat Certified Engineer) .
Its just crazy . Its just ridiculous. How different are these guys from
Microsoft(I am not a Microsoft supporter,infact I work on Open Source
platforms myself) , its just that they keep marketing themselves as holy
"Open Source Vendors"
and then charge so much for their training and support.
I really look forward to going to India for getting training for RHCE or
RHCT(certified Technician) sometime soon,if things just keep going like
this.
Those prices are maybe 20% or 30% higher than prices Sun charged when I
worked for Sun Educational Services. I think the prices are high for the
same general reason that calculators used to cost $50. When you don't sell
a lot of something, you need to charge a lot for it in order to make a
living.
Totally agree. Infact, these trainings are conducting only a few days(like
3 to 4 days) and I don't think such a short time won't transform a person
to be well versed in that particular technology. In the end, that person
still have to refer to Documentation and User manuals. So just save the
money and keep on reading the documentation.
Yes - In fact, I think that every company and consultant should give away
their services if the work done involves an Open Source platform. But wait
- we're giving away the software, now we're giving away the services also.
Can somebody please tell me how we pay the rent?
How many people are even involved in these seminars anyway. Say there's
three people involved, each student pays $1000, there has to be atleast 20
students (probably more) that's $20,000 for three people which is a little
more than $6,500 per seminar. Let's say they take it easy and do one
seminar a month. They are making more than $75,000 each, per year, on
seminars alone. That just doesn't seem fair, necessary or friendly to the
open-source way of doing things.
Your math is not correct. These days they can only dream of 20 students.
Realistic number is 5-7 and not every month. Also, there are other
expenses, i.e. food, travel expenses, etc.
Hi guys,
Providing a course does not only involve the teachers time. First a lot of
time and investment goes into the development of the courseware. This is an
upfront investment and needs to be earned back over time. Secondly there is
the trainers time and not just for the time he or she is delivering the
course. A trainer needs to have the experience to deliver the course but
will also be properly certified to deliver the course (which ussually
involves him or her attending the course, preparation time, and a co-teach
together with another trainer to ensure he can teach the course to high
standards). Further more, trainers need to keep themselves continuously up
to speed with all the new developments etc, which is at least 30% of their
time. Then there is the course printing, provison of books, lunches,
travel etc. A big part of the revenue will go to the training room and
machines as well. People ussually prefer their courses to be in central
places, easy to reach and with some fun things in the vicinity. And office
space in such central places, say Central London, ain't cheap. Finally, a
sales & marketing department needs to be funded to ensure people know the
course is running and can register for it. Off course there are also the
other fixed costs every company needs to cover, such as accountants,
insurances, legal, etc etc. This is why courses cost the money they do.
