Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 22:58:12 +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: <199904182258.PAA21665@usr02.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <19990417165525.A61941@ontario.mooseriver.com> from "Josef Grosch" at Apr 17, 99 04:55:25 pm
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> > > 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. > > > You know me, Terry. You, and any one else who knows me, know this I am > always sniffing around for money. Collecting a check is my favorite thing > to do after advocating FreeBSD. I just wanted to inject a little reality > into this discussion. > > Having FreeBSD certified Engineers is a good idea. It will make the suits > feel better about FreeBSD and allow FreeBSD-Support to weed out the bozos > from the competent. But this is not an easy task. Developing a course of > study, standardized testing, recruiting teachers, etc. is a lot of work. If > you think getting people to write documentation is tough try getting people > to write course work and teach the classes. That was a "royal you", e.g. "all you advocates", not an "accusative you", e.g. "you, Josef, personally, yeah, I'm talking to you". 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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