Linux Training Materials Released

PRESS RELEASE — 7 MAY 1999

GBdirect, Europe's premier supplier of Linux training, used today's National Linux Conference (see www.netproject.com) to announce the forthcoming release of their Linux training materials as open source software.

The first materials to be released will be modules from GBdirect's flagship Linux Systems course. The core modules of this course were developed in preparation for Dell's global roll-out of Linux systems on 6th May 1999. Modules can, however, be combined to produce anything from 2 to 5 days of GNU/Linux training.

The main customers for the course are corporate users who need to start working quickly and effectively on UNIX/Linux systems. All of them are carefully designed to deliver skills and knowledge which apply to any UNIX system. They will, therefore, be useful to any existing or potential UNIX user.

Others in the corporate training sector may be surprised by GBdirect's decision, but Mike Banahan (Managing Director) responds with absolute confidence. He claims: ``We're not frightened of competition from anybody using our materials, because the real value of our training lies in the people who produce the materials and deliver the courses.''

According to Mike, the open source model of software development is just as applicable to training materials as it is to computer programs. He says ``The open source movement produces the best software, because thousands of people continually improve on the work of original authors. We want to give something back to the community which gives us this software, but we fully expect people to suggest useful improvements to the materials we are releasing. A basic premise of open source, is that even the best solution can be improved upon''.

Further details at: www.linuxtraining.co.uk