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On Tuesday 03 August 2004 11:30 am, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I would like to know if there is a Certification Program for FreeBSD,
> > OpenBSD or
> > NetBSD, like SUN's Solaris Certification Program for example.
> >
> > If there is, what is the procedure to make the exam(s)? I am in
> > Salvador/Bahia/BRAZIL.
>
> The short answer is no.
> Some other people may wish to give a more comprehensive answer.
>
> Anyway, the FreeBSD organization is not a company in the same sense
> as Sun or Microsloth, etc that can set up a program to certify people
> in its wonders.    The FreeBSD organization is a group of volunteers
> from all over the world that contribute to make the system.  Although
> there is a core group that steers the project and tries to make sure
> additions and modifications are clean and meet standards, there is
> nothing that specifies the official way you must use the system.
>
> But, I have heard of some organizations that have undertaken to make
> up some training for FreeBSD and for UNIX in general.   It seemd even
> like one might be in Brazil.  But, I do not remember names or addresses.
> You might do some Google searching for FreeBSD training or something
> like that and see what you get.
>
> ////jerry

The longer answer is yes :)

NJIT offers open source unix certification (and it's recognized/endorsed by 
the FreeBSD Foundation)

http://cpe.njit.edu/noncredit/#opensourceunix

avaiable both online and in classroom.

Tim Kellers

CPE/NJIT