On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 06:29:20PM -0500, Jim Brown wrote: > * Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 18:17]: > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 05:50:11PM -0500, Jim Brown wrote: > > > * Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 16:54]: > > > > [replying to a reply here as I just subscribed and don't have the > > > > original] > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 03:50:35PM -0500, Jim Brown wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Also- > > > > > > If you got a BSD certification how long do you think it should last? > > > > > > > > This really depends on what the certification will be based on. > > > > > > > > It makes perfect sense for a Solaris certification to last forever > > > > because it's a certification for Solaris 8 or Solaris 9, which isn't > > > > going to change again (patch releases aside). > > > > > > > > However, basing a BSD certification on FooBSD X.Y doesn't seem to make > > > > sense, and it's not possible to base it on releases as OpenBSD is the > > > > only one of the four with a proven committed schedule. > > > > > > True, but I wouldn't want to bet that a certified FreeBSD admin (3.x) > > > could handle a FreeBSD 5.3 box. At least without a lot of prep. > > > Lots of changes there. > > > > Certainly; I didn't mean to imply that, but I can see why you'd think I > > did. The point that I had meant to make was that there is no real way > > to decide on the length of validity of a certification without knowing > > what that certification is based on, so it's premature to decide that > > issue. > > Ah- understood and agreed. We're just getting started on all of that. > > Do you have any thoughts on objectives for a curriculum?
Nothing lucid at the moment; I just saw the announcement a couple of hours ago so I want to catch up on the list archives, chat to some colleagues, etc.. A question though: is the general feeling that this should be lab-based or Q&A based? Lab based is going to be expensive and as a result will potentially restrict the audience (not to mention number of test sites), while a Q&A based exam is probably going to need to run on Windows if we want the likes of VUE/Prometric to run it. Ceri -- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.)
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