"There is no time left to waste building an army of Linux-educated people, we needed them years ago," says Kin Le Roux, MD of AfriBiz.
"After AfriBiz`s strategic move in putting more attention on promoting Linux earlier this year, it became very clear that Linux is no longer seen as the very scary, incompatible, second grade operating system as was previously conceived by many.
"I believe this attitude change in the business community is partly due to Linux having proved itself over and over again to be a commercial level operating system with major players starting to use Linux with great success.
"I believe that the attitude shift came about due to the current global trend of companies spending fortunes on unreliable software, only because of the marketing campaigns of such vendors. It has become too expensive to ignore Linux as a major competitor with regard to IT solutions," says Le Roux.
"This mind shift towards Linux will create a shortage of Linux-educated IT staff in the immediate future. To be proactive and combat this, training would be the only solution. Linux is no more difficult than any other operating system out there, and within two weeks, one can learn enough to perform basic server administration on a Linux server.
"Many users believe that due to the wealth of features that are bundled within the various Linux distributions, the operating procedures would be extremely complex. This is not true.
"The Linux courses are not just geared for business to get their personnel trained but to anyone interested in starting a career in Linux. AfriBiz believe that they have an exceptional range of Linux courses that are suitable for individuals ranging from the absolute beginner to the specialist.
"We have already rolled out five courses with three more to be implemented early within the new year. The three new courses will primarily target the programming and development side of Linux.
"The only obstacle in this whole roll-out was the fear for this supposedly difficult operating system. Filling in the gaps and telling the truth about Linux has overcome this."
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