> My question to the list: Would you prefer to have a certification > available with official study guides available shortly > thereafter or have > the guides available before the certification exam? IMHO, the presence of 'study guides' isn't as necessary as it might be in other fields due to the quality of online docs and Internet-based support. So for me, sample exam questions, or indeed dummy exams, would suffice. These exams and questions would spur web searches and perusal of manpages, books etc.
>From what Dru said, I really like the idea of the BSD cert trying to pioneer >something new in the certification area. But I also like Evan's robust (and eloquent!) questioning of the demand for it - here in the UK, demand seems to be slight, but then BSD users aren't really that vociferous! But then that's probably a compliment ;) I guess I think the saying is true, to a certain extent - build a good enough program, and people will come to it. It might take time, but hopefully the existing crowd will keep things going while the others catch up. My 2p, cheers. Andrew _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert
