From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sun Apr 18 23:47:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from xwin.nmhtech.com (xwin.nmhtech.com [208.138.46.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED64015141 for ; Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:47:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nicole@xwin.nmhtech.com) Received: by xwin.nmhtech.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 3C4D52EE1A; Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:44:57 -0700 (PDT) Content-Length: 2839 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:44:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Harrington To: Bill Fumerola Subject: Re: Redhat Certified Engineer Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, Joe@xwin.nmhtech.com, \@xwin.nmhtech.com, "Marcus\" Clarke "@xwin.nmhtech.com Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 16-Apr-99 My Secret Spies Reported That Bill Fumerola wrote: > On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Joe "Marcus" Clarke wrote: >=20 >> I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but it seems Redhat is offerin= g >> 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? >=20 > I'm not speaking on behalf of my companies Education Division, however: >=20 > Getting a 'course' added to any education/testing facility is difficult > because of: >=20 > (1) Machines > (2) Course Materials (the meat of the 'class') > (3) Standardized Testing > a. Levels? > b. Specialties (FreeBSD Networking, FreeBSD SysAdmin..) > (4) Instructors > (5) Location >=20 I just took a course over at a UCSC Extension and I found that they offer = a "course" on linux instalation and setup. Working With Josef Grosch I plan t= o put together a course on FreeBSD instalation and setup and offer it to them= . From what I have been told, they would be very interested in what I have planned. Nicole > All of these are big reasons why courses are so high now-a-days. >=20 > I understand that Cisco Certified people have to go to one of three place= s > in the country to finish their lab requirement, and that's just speaks to > how hard it is to coordinate such an effort. >=20 > In other words: For this to work, we would have to have standardized test= s > and corporate support, as well as a network of (qualified!) instructors. >=20 > Hope this helps, >=20 > - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp = - > - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org = - >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message |\ __ /| (`\ =20 | o_o |__ ) ) =20 // \\ =20 nicole@nmhtech.com | http://www.webweaver.net/ webmistress@dangermouse.org | http://www.dangermouse.org -------------------------(((---(((----------------------- =20 - Powered by Coka Cola and FreeBSD - - Stong enough for a man - But made for a Woman - =20 - I'm not ADD - I'm just Multithreaded - - Microsoft: What bug would you like today? - ---------------------------------------------------------- SYSADMIN(1) Sysadmin is the keeper of all things computer, is generally harangued, must= be=20 supplied with caffeine, chocolate, and sushi in order to function=20 properly,=20 cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, and must not be allowed to have a lif= e. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message