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BSDCertification.org Survey Report Available

Posted by timothy on from the make-the-certificate-printed-on-steel dept.

tirloni writes "The BSD Certification Group announced the availability of the 147-page report about the survey they have done regarding what people think the certification should look like."

19 comments

  1. Cool.....but..... by Zemplar · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...don't expect a 9 year old to pass this certification!

  2. BSD Certification? by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


    ... is that anything like a will?

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  3. Timothy: learn to hyperlink. by bano · · Score: 2, Informative

    see subject

  4. Applicability? by shr3k · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wonder how they'll approach this. Will it be generic BSD certfication, much like LPI's? LPI's goal was to be distro-agnostic.

    I'm sure it might be nice for the BSD cert to be agnostic as well, perhaps with specialities in the different "distros" - Open, Free, Net, etc. But would that be worth it?

    And would Solaris and Mac OS X kinda count, since they are (somewhat) BSD-based?

  5. Offered if you can finish the report by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Wow, I never thought it would take so much to describe the survey, but since I have not read the document, I'll just say Great work!

    Laying a foundation of knowledge will be great.

    I imagine the certification test:
    a) recite 10 man pages from OpenBSD
    b) Install the OS on your toaster
    c) recount the speed records *BSD has held.

  6. In comparison by mnmn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cisco's certs push cisco technologies over other sane technologies. For example they suggest EIGRP is better than OSPF and should be used.

    Like wise BSD certs should be like:

    Which OS is more stable?
    (a) Linux
    (b) BSD
    (b) Windows

    Which License is best for real FREE software?
    (a) GPL
    (b) BSD
    (c) MIT

    Which OS will soon surpass Linux?
    (a) None
    (b) SkyOS
    (c) BSD

    Why is BSD less in use than Linux?
    (a) The stupid AT&T lawsuits
    (b) Less propaganda
    (c) Less corporate support
    (d) No bells n whistles
    (e) More geekcentric than fanboycentric
    (f) GPL has been overly and wrongly marketed
    (g) All of the above

    Which OS's TCPIP stack is used EVERYWHERE?
    (a) Trumpet TCPIP stack
    (b) BSD
    (c) DEC
    (d) cisco

    What should you worship to pass this test?
    (a) ZetaOS
    (b) ELKS
    (c) Minix
    (d) Sybian
    (e) ReactOS
    (f) BSD

    Section B

    Please List at least 20 developers who have worked on the BSD kernel

    Section C

    Write an essay on either (a) the early days of infighting in the BSD camp with allowed Linux the lead or (b) The BSD developed heirarchy. Should you even hint Linux is better or BSD is dying your paper will be torn angrily to shreds and a small but strong BSD mob will break into your house and delete your partitions.

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    1. Re:In comparison by superpulpsicle · · Score: 1

      LMAO this is too creative. ROFLMAO at less propaganda and fanboycentric.

    2. Re:In comparison by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      >What should you worship to pass this test?
      >...
      >(d) Sybian

      That's not what you meant but it's even funnier.

    3. Re:In comparison by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You are kidding me right?
      EIGRP is superior to OSPF with respect to convergence time, and over wan links. The only two things OSPF has over EIGRP is that it is an open standard and is much better at dealing with things like stub networks.

  7. Breaking story from Aruba . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    Just in from Aruba--Greta Van Susteren now confirms: *BSD is dead.

    We repeat: Greta Van Susteren now confirms: *BSD is dead.

    Stay tuned to Fox News Channel for further updates and full funeral coverage.

    This has been a Fox News Alert.

  8. Reality check by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    // Please *don't* mod this up. It has already been done! Thx

    ... facts are facts. ;)

    FreeBSD:
    FreeBSD, Stealth-Growth Open Source Project (Jun 2004)
    "FreeBSD has dramatically increased its market penetration over the last year."
    Nearly 2.5 Million Active Sites running FreeBSD (Jun 2004)
    "[FreeBSD] has secured a strong foothold with the hosting community and continues to grow, gaining over a million hostnames and half a million active sites since July 2003."
    What's New in the FreeBSD Network Stack (Sep 2004)
    "FreeBSD can now route 1Mpps on a 2.8GHz Xeon whilst Linux can't do much more than 100kpps."

    NetBSD:
    NetBSD, for When Portability and Stability Matter (Oct 2004)
    NetBSD sets Internet2 Land Speed World Record (May 2004)
    NetBSD again sets Internet2 Land Speed World Record (Sep 2004)

    OpenBSD:
    OpenBSD Widens Its Scope (Nov 2004)
    Review: OpenBSD 3.6 shows steady improvement (Nov 2004)
    OpenSSH (OpenBSD subproject) has become a de facto Internet standard.

    *BSD in general:
    Deep study: The world's safest computing environment (Nov 2004)
    "The world's safest and most secure 24/7 online computing environment - operating system plus applications - is proving to be the Open Source platform of BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) and the Mac OS X based on Darwin."
    BSD Success Stories (O'Reilly, 2004) (pdf) ~ from Onlamp BSD DevCenter
    "The BSDs - FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Darwin, and others - have earned a reputation for stability, security, performance, and ease of administration."
    ..and last but not least, we have the cutest mascot as well - undisputedly. ;)

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  9. wtfmax? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    solaris? wtf?
    system5 != bsd

    1. Re:wtfmax? by CableModemSniper · · Score: 1

      Indeed. I was always under the impression that Solaris was based on SysV, not BSD. Although googling around it appears that SunOS was BSD-derived.

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  10. BSD's corpse has been rotting for 5 years now by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The sooner you accept loss, the easier it is to recover from it.

    captcha: neutrino