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To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
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Subject: Re: certifications
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On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> * Mike Cragin <mike@jlbcom.com> [000704 16:06] wrote:
> > Dear sirs,
> > 
> >   This may be a stupid question but I was just wondering why the
> > best os on the planet doesn't have a certification assosiated with
> > it? Seems to me it would be the most valuable cert around, and

Some mechanizm exists: 
grep <name-of-person> /usr/share/docs/handbook 
 ;)

> > probably the toughest to get. I would study my *** off to get a
> > cert like that. It would tell the world that I was one of the best
> > of the best.
> > 
> >   Any way maybe somebody could bring it up at the next meeting
> > or something. Just a thought.
> > 
> > Thanks from a true FreeBSD fan.
> 
> Well currently there are rumors of certification coming for FreeBSD,
> however several avenues of 'FreeBSD'ification' already exist:
> 
> 1) contributing code.
> 2) maintaining websites for FreeBSD reasources.
> 
> These two options can speak so much more for someone than just
> certification.  So until and even after certification becomes
> available, contributing towards will speak a whole lot more for
> you than passing an exam (no matter how tough).
> 
> -- 
> -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
> "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
> 
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