Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:00:45 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: bsdcertification.org vs bsdcertification.com (which is which??) Message-ID: <444820AD.8040907@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <44474B50.3090004@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20060420060136.22722.qmail@web51610.mail.yahoo.com> <44474B50.3090004@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote:
>Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote:
>
>
>>Anyone here who are interested in taking up bsd certifications?? the
>>bsdcertification.org says they are not affiliated with
>>bsdcertication.com. I'm confused which one should I pick?? Any idea?
>>I am particularly interested in having a FreeBSD certification..
>>
>>
>
>Well, let me put it this way: bsdcertification.org is run by a number of
>people well known in the *BSD world as making a valuable contribution to
>{Free,Open,Net,Dragonfly}BSD and others.
>
>If you look at the list of names in the left hand column on this page:
>
> http://www.bsdcertification.org/index.php?NAV=Meet%20Us
>
>then with particular reference to FreeBSD you may well recognise:
>
> Dan Lagille (Freshports, BSD Diary)
>
>
"Langille", actually --- and you forgot "BSDCan". http://www.langille.org/
> Scott Long (leading FreeBSD committer: wrote large chunks of SCSI
> system I believe)
>
>
http://people.freebsd.org/~scottl/
> Dru Lavigne (Wrote 'BSD Hacks' and 'Big Scarey Daemons' OnLamp column)
>
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dru_Lavigne
> Wes Peters (Another leading FreeBSD committer)
>
>
I couldn't find a good home page for Wes, but agree
with Matt's evaluation. Wes is a member of FreeBSD
core team, last I recall, as well. Perhaps someone knows
his URI.
> Jeremy C Reed (Leading FreeBSD Advocacy person)
>
>
http://pilchuck.reedmedia.net/jeremy/
> Greg Lehey (Author of 'The Complete BSD'. Former member of core@,
> well known on this list)
>
>
http://www.lemis.com/~grog/
(from memory, heh. Seriously, fascinating collection of material ---
the web would be a much worse place if disaster struck and
Greg had no backups).
> Marshall Kirk McKusick (co-author of 'The Design and Implementation
> of the FreeBSD Operating System')
>
>
http://www.mckusick.com/
The other site you mention, "bsdcertification.com" is run by
Jared Barneck, according to whois. His home page is
at http://www.rhyous.com/. In 4+ years in FreeBSD, I've
not heard of Jared; that is not to say he should be disqualified
from consideration---it's possible that he runs a fine program.
However, I *have* had dealings with all of the others
above except Mr. Peters, and have found them knowledgeable,
friendly, and deeply concerned about the quality and growth
of FreeBSD.
HTH,
Kevin Kinsey
--
Cole's Law:
Thinly sliced cabbage.
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