From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 03:53:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55C5716A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:53:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pilchuck.reedmedia.net (pilchuck.reedmedia.net [209.166.74.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6850343D2F for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:53:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from reed by pilchuck.reedmedia.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1CjrMY-0003th-00; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:52:34 -0800 Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:52:33 -0800 (PST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" To: Joshua Tinnin In-Reply-To: <200412291930.17612.krinklyfig@spymac.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD Certification ? Why not? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 03:53:07 -0000 On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Joshua Tinnin wrote: > On Wednesday 29 December 2004 12:23 pm, pablo.delgado@lsi.mine.nu wrote: > > Why not create a FreeBSD Certification Program. The community can > > form an non profit or profit organization (which ever suites best) > > and team (elected by the FreeBSD Foundation or the FreeBSD community, > > which ever works best) to design, develop and manage a certification > > program that will teach and test essential skills and knowledge > > needed to manage, support or develop the FreeBSD environment. > > There is one at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. > http://cpe.njit.edu/opensourceunix/ Thanks for the link. It is always good to hear about *BSD classes being offered. I don't see anything about "certification" or evaluating skills there other than it says complete the three stages and receive certification. It just looks like normal FreeBSD classes like I have been teaching for around four years (which also have a "certificate of course completion"). Except they say "eLearning" -- my classes are in a real classroom environment. (We do hope to soon start providing *BSD training with video soon ... starting with Apache Web Server Administration.) > It's the only one I know of, and it's the only one officially approved > by the FreeBSD team. As that is the case, I'm sure more people doing > this would be welcome, but I don't speak for FreeBSD or what they might > actually want to have happen. Where can I find out more about being "officially approved by the FreeBSD team"? Jeremy C. Reed technical support & remote administration http://www.pugetsoundtechnology.com/