On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:40:21 -0500 "George R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The question of 'study materials' keeps cropping up, specifically > around licensing of that material. > > IMHO, it seems to be that the best study material is the various > guides, handbooks and faqs of each project, not to mention the man > pages. > > I would like to see those utilized as the central documents, although > maybe an accompanying primer or guide which would/should be publicly > available. > > As many of us have stated repeatedly, the problem with publishing BSD > books is that you are competing with some of the better documentation > in technology. > > George > > _______________________________________________ > BSDCert mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert > In my opinion the first thing that BSDCert Team should do is to establish the topics for the exam(s). This should be the main concern, because developing well organized topics should lead to the best solution for a "study material". It has been sad that there is no point in reinventing the wheel by competing with already structered entities like O'Reilly, Sybex and others. I agree with that, but there should be more then an outline of those topics. Many advanced BSD users can find out on their own data regarding specific subjects, but most of the beginners don't know where to look or how to look. Also, nobody can know everything and this is the reason why even advanced users will benefit from that knowledge. So an curriculum covering basic to more advanced topics (where there is need of advanced input, maybe good examples should do) and that also specifies every little info ( books, tutorials, links) we have should be the best option. For that BSDCert should gatter written material from every one who is willing to contribute and with efforts by BSDCert committee there should be plenty of resources to develop and organize a nice guide for every certification. Collected materials can be audited and so on ... (adding references to man pages, existing guides) Andrei _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert
