From:	 Evan Leibovitch <evan@starnix.com>
To:	 Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Subject: LPI releases Level 2
Date:	 Mon, 6 Aug 2001 11:44:16 -0400 (EDT)
Cc:	 Evan Leibovitch <evan@starnix.com>

LPI Delivers Its Second Level Linux Certification

Intermediate-level exams to enter worldwide distribution next month


August 6, 2001

BRAMPTON, ONTARIO, CANADA: The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) today
announced the completion of its Level 2 certification exams. The exams,
which cover the intermediate level of the LPI certification program, will
be made available September 4 in beta form at a special price.
 
"We're delighted to release Level 2, on schedule and on budget, while
maintaining the high quality exam standards LPI is known for," said LPI
President Chuck Mead. "We have been making incredible progress in
advancing our program, and the community support has been phenomenal."
 
Level 2 of the LPI program covers intermediate system administration
skills and is the followup to LPI's introductory Level 1 program. The
program objectives, published at the LPI website, were developed thanks to
a community-supported Job Analysis Survey conducted by LPI in January
2001. It is aimed at Linux system administrators with roughly three to
four years' experience who have already passed LPI's Level 1 program. 
 
"I'm extremely proud of the quality of the program, and the hard work that
our staff and volunteers have put into Level 2," said LPI Director of Exam
Development Kara Pritchard. "The exams are challenging but fair, and will
be a valid measure of the intermediate-level skills determined by our
survey." 
 
Initially, a beta format of the the Level 2 exams will be offered at a
special price and format. In the beta, both Level 2 exams will be offered
worldwide as a single extended test (exam 200) costing $84 US until the
beta period ends in November.  After the beta period is completed in
November, Level 2 will be delivered as two separate tests (exams 201 and
202) costing $100US each. Exam 200 is expected to take approximately two
hours to complete.

Candidates who pass the extended exam will be immediately entitled to LPI
Level 2 certification, provided they have already completed the Level 1
program. Results for exams taken during the beta period will be made
available in November on LPI's website through a secure web interface.
Both the beta and regular Level 2 exams will be delivered through the VUE
worldwide network of more than 2,700 testing centers.

ABOUT LPI

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) develops professional certification
for the Linux operating system independent of software vendors or training
providers. Established as an international nonprofit organization in 1999
by the Linux community, LPI develops accessible,
internationally-recognized certification programs which have earned the
respect of vendors, employers and administrators. LPI's activities involve
hundreds of volunteers and professionals throughout the world in many
different capacities, and the group encourages active public involvement
through mailing lists and its website at http://www.lpi.org. LPI's multi-level
program of exams is administered globally through 2,700 test centers
operated by Virtual University Enterprises (VUE), a division of NCS. LPI's
major financial sponsors are Platinum Sponsors Caldera International
(NASDAQ:CALD), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Linuxcare,  Maxspeed, SGI (NYSE:SGI), SuSE
Linux AG and TurboLinux as well as the Gold Sponsors Hewlett-Packard
(NYSE:HWP) and Wave Technologies.

More information can be obtained at http://www.lpi.org.

Objectives for the LPI Level 2 program can be found at:
http://www.lpi.org/p-L2-obj-pre.html

Information on the VUE testing network is at http://www.vue.com.
 
"Linux" is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States and other
countries.
 
"Linux Professional Institute" is a trademark of Linux
Professional Institute, Inc.

CONTACT:
 
Chuck Mead, President
919-522-0051 (mobile)
chuck@lpi.org
 
Evan Leibovitch, Board Chair
416-998-3914 (mobile)
905-771-0017 (office)
evan@lpi.org