From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Jul 12 14:48:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from hooked.net (pm3-39.ppp.wenet.net [206.15.85.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EBED15180 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:48:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) Received: from localhost (garbanzo@localhost) by hooked.net (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA53336; Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:48:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:48:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Zepeda To: Lanny Baron Cc: Mike Avery , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Certification...again In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > In no way was I referring to TekMetrics. I was referring to FreeBSD itself > offering the certification and the course that would lead up to it (if you > needed the background material). I still hope that the FreeBSD Project > will seriously consider a REAL certification that is not easy to get, > requires sufficient knowledge on running the system, complete networking > (deep level of TCP/IP), mail for an organization...etc... > > This could also lead to different levels of Certs. depending on what > route you take. Sure, I know you weren't. But, that was just an example of how certification can go horribly wrong. Even disregarding Tekmetrics, there are so many different applications for FreeBSD administration (are you admining a lab where students will be using X, a mission critical server, or a small web site, or just a variety of different servers at an ISP). To accurately assure competency with FreeBSD, there'd have to be an infinite number of tests. However, I'd be willing to print up some certs at Kinkos for anyone who can write a Hello World program that compiles under FreeBSD. And hell, I'll stand by the certs too and perhaps even create a snazzy logo for web pages. :) - alex I thought felt your touch In my car, on my clutch But I guess it's just someone who felt a lot like I remember you. - Translator To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message