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LINUX PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE OFFERS CERTIFICATION TESTING AT TECHX/PCEXPO IN NEW YORK

~ See LPI at Booth # 2208 ~

TORONTO, September 4, 2003 - The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), (www.lpi.org), the premier international professional certification program for the Linux community in cooperation with Linux New Jersey (www.linuxnj.com) is offering LPI certification testing at TechX/PCExpo 2003 at the Javitz Center in New York City, September 17th.

To be held in room 1E16 at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., candidates must pre-register by clicking www.lpi.org/en/register.html to receive a LPI registration ID number before testing on-site.  Candidates must also bring valid photo identification.  An administration fee of $25 will be charged with the exception of those participating in the Linux Boot Camp, who will take the exams at no charge.

"Because there will be hundreds of potential certifiable candidates at the conference, we recognize this is the perfect opportunity to get the word out that a healthy certified body of Linux professionals clearly supports continued integration of the platform within the enterprise," says LPI's President Evan Leibovitch.  "With more conventional enterprise vendors supporting Linux, the ability for IT departments to implement low-risk evaluations of Linux-based systems for new projects has now become viable for many but they still need certified Linux professionals to run andmaintain the systems."

LPI's mandate is to design and deliver a certification program from within the Linux community, using both volunteer and professional resources. LPI has delivered over 30,000 Level One and Level Two certification exams globally since the program's inception in just over two years.

About Linux Professional Institute

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) develops professional certification for the Linux operating system independent of software vendors or training providers. Established as an international non-profit 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 www.lpi.org. LPI's multi-level program of exams is administered globally through Pearson VUE and Prometric testing centers. 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 Gold Sponsors Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP) and Wave Technologies.

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