From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 12 21:15:37 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40D55106566C for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:15:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rhyous@yahoo.com) Received: from nm8.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (nm8.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [98.139.52.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B71B98FC08 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:15:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.52.194] by nm8.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jun 2012 21:15:36 -0000 Received: from [98.139.52.165] by tm7.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jun 2012 21:15:36 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1048.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jun 2012 21:15:36 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 366761.76482.bm@omp1048.mail.ac4.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 68392 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Jun 2012 21:15:35 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1339535735; bh=aQgsQWNdYaLeADTcqcmT+pEIOG3U+JAZYBTc2ukOocc=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=sY5RmGwAVlgvrmMVZHa282BgBJy6Z2UwMG5hs3sEjxjz+Em0aoR6HaXReK8U2Y64mT8H39OChQCMkxgnBBd5xO58DGmBIabuQO3DgumF/mebPxh/5aEYdHILBv3lw4nYguuf4rYs+jWEqoR3OknU272N9d7Tha10Xpt7B47sbUk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=A7RbrClAciqU2so+1YVnUHmecdfsG+840EDby1Smu0mVTVDOt2IL1XhXnLkCqDm3daDnHl3LbqaDAbfFPeY6L8uisjZgyD0JQ5oV8wW2JUxcp9bemz8upQyLx6ASlSwO5NMNk6xSlme5b1sQzsVREfXrjSAHmslepUeXEYiw2Qs=; X-YMail-OSG: 01cETMcVM1ntpI1v53KqbhRnneVQjT_zRgH6q9uZKBi7.vy QmNtM4TTHZjx4SwU_1AdWX0iBhmszD1D4SSi3mikattOpxVFLw48MHxK5_WR ng_2ayLj1MtPW58tGcnjgIroin_73hfJ.ZuTULDdLH4mmt3SV2xtXqMLNvjU 1SKQzIqEyEt7XMOjeekTo4iQdP4r289pK9EseGP4Vp2foso3WHmos0rKFzvt GZ8zBBJK138fc1iXhneOFzn2I1EJNBFfdA7tF8zZ7Ggo52tBNC3oJY7cAs52 1_9uELRGHZwXHPlVuFPLU8g5tjiiuQomEKASYLERX37DAknvhWKgzDvPWHkr LbncX4VOFzm4shQn.sWGji1iO9VgresKxWPc72eEOFLIS6G7z74Nh8BrLZe4 que6A3OEco_cbukz5plMg1DXj1JhOr7YzCinCSdhwmsCyOU7RY3q7dd2ngbs oes.PfXPjKmPUS3YR0CjA Received: from [198.169.189.225] by web130203.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:15:35 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.118.349524 References: <1339521411.94879.YahooMailClassic@web181205.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1339535735.68084.YahooMailNeo@web130203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:15:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Jared Barneck To: Dru Lavigne , Super Bisquit In-Reply-To: <1339521411.94879.YahooMailClassic@web181205.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:39:34 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Request for advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jared Barneck List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:15:37 -0000 > 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>