Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:44:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, Joe@xwin.nmhtech.com, \@xwin.nmhtech.com, "Marcus\" Clarke <marcus@miami.edu>"@xwin.nmhtech.com Subject: Re: Redhat Certified Engineer Message-ID: <XFMail.990418234457.nicole@nmhtech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990416152610.6678H-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
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On 16-Apr-99 My Secret Spies Reported That Bill Fumerola wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Joe "Marcus" Clarke wrote:
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>> 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?
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> I'm not speaking on behalf of my companies Education Division, however:
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> Getting a 'course' added to any education/testing facility is difficult
> because of:
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> (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
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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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Hope this helps,
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> - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp =
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> - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org =
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