Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:38:25 -0700 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Certification (was RE: realpath(3) et al) - jumping to -advocacy Message-ID: <200308141238.26165.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030814152044.83221T-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030814152044.83221T-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Thursday 14 August 2003 12:24 pm, Robert Watson wrote: > I agree with these conclusions entirely. RedHat plays a valuable > role in the Linux world in a variety of ways, and one of the most > important is to provide the kind of support and legitimacy presence > that many large companies are looking for. I concur. I didn't find the suggestion silly at all. Rather it was quite sensible. What is silly is the idea that ultraspecific certifications mean anything. "Im sorry sir, we looking for a Certified AIX Administrator, but your resume shows that you only know about HPUX, IRIX, Solaris and FreeBSD." > So, if you know of a small company that wants to get bigger, and > wants to give a spin at promoting FreeBSD in this manner (and making > money off it in a sustainable way), I would encourage you to > encourage them. I'm sure there are a fair number of FreeBSD > developers who would like to work for such a company, if they thought > it was viable. I'll gladly jump ship to join such a company. Clue me if if anything shows up on the radar. David
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