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Date:      Sat, 17 Apr 1999 22:56:45 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        jgrosch@MooseRiver.com
Cc:        tlambert@primenet.com, marcus@miami.edu, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Redhat Certified Engineer
Message-ID:  <199904172256.PAA22436@usr08.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990416203918.A53178@ontario.mooseriver.com> from "Josef Grosch" at Apr 16, 99 08:39:18 pm

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> On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 08:43:22PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > > I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but it seems Redhat is offering
> > > certification much like Cisco or Microsoft.  I think a FreeBSD Ceritifed
> > > Engineer would be a great thing to tag to my signature.  Any plan for
> > > this?  Need any help putting something together?  Is this even a good
> > > idea?
> > 
> > This is old news, but worth repeating if people are not aware
> > of what's going on:
> > 
> > They have already processed 1000 students through this program
> > at US$2500 a student, and made US$2.5M in the process.
> 
> 
> Minus, of course, their costs such as equipment, teachers, administration,
> etc. Yes, they made money but not 2.5x10**6 dollars.

The point is, they made a profit, and there is opportunity there,
if advocating FreeBSD isn't enough to get you interested in doing
this type of thing, then maybe the money will be.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.


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