Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:15:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Jared Barneck <rhyous@yahoo.com> To: Dru Lavigne <dru.lavigne@att.net>, Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Request for advice Message-ID: <1339535735.68084.YahooMailNeo@web130203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1339521411.94879.YahooMailClassic@web181205.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <CA%2BWntOu5BvUG4NJ2H=giRc4s%2BaDYDZo84t%2BaovjyDitccA0UPg@mail.gmail.com> <1339521411.94879.YahooMailClassic@web181205.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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> I'm curious. When will the=0A>> examination cover other architectures suc= h=0A>> as POWER/PowerPC, SPARC, and ARM?=0A>> Having an exam for such archi= tectures would get the BSDs=0A>> recognition=0A>> as a reliable system with= the Power group. Support for ARM=0A>> in the exam=0A>> could increase the = use of the BSDs in embedded devices; and,=0A>> the same=0A>> is also true f= or certain Power architectures.=0A>> =0AI am not sure if having a certifica= tion itself brings recognition. I used to believe that, but reality proved = otherwise. =A0I think we need a product to bring recognition.=A0=0A=0AI thi= nk we need to advertise FreeBSD to embedded, point-of-sale (POS), or applia= nce systems manufactures and get a lot more users and business on our side = first.=A0=0A=0AOr you could start a company that uses FreeBSD on such syste= ms and see if you can make it...=0A=0A=0A> I am aware that the standard arc= hitecture being used is i386=0A>> and=0A>> amd64. I am also aware that deve= lopment is taking place on=0A>> the=0A>> architectures mentioned.=0A>=0A>= =0A>=0A>=0A>The BSDA exam is for system administration, not development.=0A= Out of curiosity, is there a market for a FreeBSD Developer cert?=A0=0A=0AC= heers,=0A>=0A>=0A>Dru=0A>=0A>
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