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Advertising?

This page appears to be advertising for CompTIA. Generated automatically? --KSlayer 04:38, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I think this is a useful article and vote to keep Nv8200p 14:55, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

For an October 2004 deletion debate over this page see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/CompTIA — Preceding unsigned comment added by SimonP (talk • contribs) 18:12, 13 October 2004‎ (UTC)[reply]

I agree that it's useful, very useful in fact. But maybe it could be made a lil' more neutral? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.246.236.121 (talk) 21:24, 15 May 2007‎ (UTC)[reply]

+Plus One! ..to keep this article, it is not advertisey and I am studying for several CompTIA cert tests. Having this page is useful. --Peter aka Vid2vid (talk) 01:30, 10 September 2019 (UTC).[reply]

Template

I created a template of CompTIA certs and added it to this page. If anyone feels it does not belong here, or has any criticism of the table itself, please let me know. Thanks Paul 23:15, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Master merge

I've merged all the CompTIA certificate articles (majority of them stubby) into this article. —Quarl ^(talk) 12:14, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion moved from Talk:A+, from before A+ was changed to a disambiguation page

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CompTIA A+ exam

My opinion is that this article could use some information on what kind of things are covered on the A+ exam. --207.181.42.20 19:05, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Material from the CompTIA website

I added some additional description and the detailed exam objectives from the exam sponsor web site. Hope this is helpful — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.190.121.34 (talk) 21:37, 12 January 2005‎

Copyright violation

Since earlier versions of this article were available that did not appear to be (verifiably, anyway) copyright violations, the article should have been reverted to one of them rather than moved for deletion. So I have merged the histories of the main article and the /Temp page. This has left the /Temp version as the current revision, but anyone can revert to a non-copyvio version when they want to. -Splash^talk 03:56, 25 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

CompTIA A+ prep books

The A+ prep book I am using is A+ Certification All-in-One by Michael Meyers/Scott Jernigan. I will let you know how well it works after I take the exam. So far the material seems pretty solid, and there are lots of illustrations to help with identification of equipment. Pretty well-written, from what I've read so far.
Maybe we can include some of the most common A+ prep books in the article. Nathan256 28 June 2005 14:49 (UTC)

A+ disambiguation page

I merged A+ (and all the other CompTIA certification articles) to CompTIA. The A+ page is now a disambiguation page. —Quarl ^(talk) 12:14, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Non-profit versus for-profit

I'm quite positive CompTIA is actually a non-profit organization, unless the information given by my Security+ workbook is wrong/now inaccurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.20.199.64 (talk) 01:50, 1 February 2006‎ (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. It used to say "not-for-profit"; I tracked down the unexplained change to [1] by 68.49.111.68. —Quarl ^(talk) 06:29, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is a nonprofit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.247.246.141 (talk) 16:14, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Meyers

A person is quoted named "Michael Meyers" but there is no link to him and no explanation of who he is or why his opinion is cited. I know who Michael Myers is from the "Halloween" movies but I don't think that's who is meant as I can't recall any reference to network certification in those films. Maybe I missed it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarkJake (talk • contribs) 17:04, 20 December 2006‎ (UTC)[reply]

He's neither the guy from the Halloween movies nor the guy who played Wayne from "Wayne's World". He's just a guy who has written several books about CompTIA certification; if you look up books on A+ certification you'll probably find some stuff he's written. I suppose this makes him an authoritative source of some kind. 69.226.225.198 01:32, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. I have an A+ tutorial offered by him. Pretty cool guy, BTW. Thief12 16:15, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Meyers is the best-selling author of A+ certification books. He is quite famous in the certification industry for being an entertaining speaker and writer, using in particular a folksy, non-performed style of humor. I think that when many people think of "A+" they think of Meyers. Retroguy90 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 00:04, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Linux pettiness

Do the Linux guys really need to get in squabbles whenever their topic comes up? They go on here about how much more difficult Red Hat certifications are....does anyone reading this page care?? One sentence mentioning other Linux exams would do. Retroguy90 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 00:09, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Change it then. 70.186.172.75 (talk) 12:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Linux+

I'm thinking of a radical-ish re-write of this section, if there are no strong objections. Firstly, the (unfavourable) comparison between RHCE and Linux+ is not valid, IMHO. Linux+ is an entry-level certification, while RHCE is for experienced professionals. Linux+ is a 90-minute multiple choice exam, while RHCE involves a 5-hour practical as well as 1-hour multiple choice. It's a little like comparing Network+ with CCIE - they're aimed at different markets. The more valid comparison is with LPIC1.

Also, I'm not sure whether the reference to the Intenational Information and Communication Technology Council has a place here. Their certifications seem to be particularly obscure (I wasn't able to find more than a couple of thousand references via Google, compared to more than 100,000 for Linux+). Robhogg (talk) 00:31, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I just got out of the LX0-101 exam (first Linux+ exam), and I can say with the utmost confidence that it is not multiple choice. There are a lot of questions where you must write in the answers yourself, as well as numerous multiple choice questions, I trusted the information here, and didn't do very well. 98.223.228.110 (talk) 18:36, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- Looks like an update for Linux+ is needed, current exams are LX0-103, and LX0-104, not 101/2. Just sayin'. BS (talk) 20:29, 21 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Members of CompTIA

Doesn't anyone have a list? --Ramu50 (talk) 18:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MSP Partnership

I think that this should be included in the article, but I don't know if it might fall under WP:CBALL. It's been announced according to the article, but I have not heard of the certification, it may still be in its design phase. [2] Sephiroth storm (talk) 03:13, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

All those CompTIA's in the section headings

All those CompTIA's in the section headings seems overly redundant, see this edit. -- OlEnglish ^(Talk) 04:27, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The "Corporate Membership" section sounds like an ad, also. 12.186.80.1 (talk) 19:15, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lead section

This article should begin with a short description of Network+. That is what a person looking up an item in a dictionary or encyclopedia expects. Instead, the article begins with background information about CompTIA. Interesting, but only after Network+ is discussed. LeeTechwriter (talk) 15:06, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why is that? The article is about comptia, which is more than a certification body. Also, A+ would more than likely be the certification that comptia is known for, being the de facto standard industry certification for pc repair professionals. Then it would be security+, which considered a gateway for infosec professionals. Network+ really has competition with Cisco and various other entry level networking certifications. Sephiroth storm (talk) 15:20, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CTP+ set to replace Convergence+

Added info about the new cert from Comptia CTP+. Ksofen666 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.110.194.2 (talk) 19:13, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

dead link

reference #1 talking about the change in certificate term length is deadlink.

CSA+ redirects now to CompTIA/CySA+ article, since CSA+ Cert was renamed to CySA+

I just added a redirect (my first ever in Wikipedia) of "CSA+" to the article, "CompTIA," since the CSA+ cert was renamed to CySA+ ..CySA+ already points to CompTIA. Have a great day. --Peter aka Vid2vid (talk) 01:28, 10 September 2019 (UTC). (I was here and renamed the Topic, shortened. From Peter a.k.a. Vid2vid (talk) 17:37, 25 January 2020 (UTC))[reply]

voting AGAINST the right to repair Bill using lobbyists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9JKRItHDME Info needs to be added to their/CompTIA's page - it's a recording of proceedings before a Maine legislative board. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VeekM (talk • contribs) 17:09, 25 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]