BSD Newsletter

BSD Newsletter

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Yesterday, the BSD Certification Group, Inc., announced its first certified BSD Associates (BSDA). The BSDA certification, which began development in late 2006, was officially launched in February 2008. The BSDA certification measures common skills needed by entry-level BSD Unix system administrators. The candidates took the proctored exams at the SCALE, FOSDEM, or Linux-Tage Chemnitz conferences. According to the psychometrician, 79 percent of the tests received a passing score of 61 or higher and the highest score was 95 percent.

Alan Ritter, Western Washington University senior and computer science major, received recognition on Oct. 16 for his successful participation in Google's ``Summer of Code'' program from mid-June to Sept. 1. Ritter spent the summer working on a code which makes Windows network drivers adaptable to the NetBSD operating system, he said. NetBSD is an operating system like Mac or Windows, but is less widely used, said Doctor Phil Nelson, associate professor of computer science at Western.

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