Anybody ever consider if cisco as a company folds or got sold. All
those certications may = dog crap. same goes for Microsoft!
Although they may seem like big companys, but we have all seen other BIG
companies die too over the years. Worldcomm etc.
Makes me want a generic cert, or even a UNI degree over cert's.

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"news.iinet.net.au" <wecreate@iinet.net.au.nospam> wrote in message
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> Anybody ever consider if cisco as a company folds or got sold. All
> those certications may = dog crap. same goes for Microsoft!
> Although they may seem like big companys, but we have all seen other BIG
> companies die too over the years. Worldcomm etc.
> Makes me want a generic cert, or even a UNI degree over cert's.
>

So if Cisco "folds", all
135315987158791978987978`56935
9879578`09819875975813951 deployed Cisco
products magically disappear and don't need supported anymore? Oh, ok.

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I highly doubt Cisco or Microsoft are going to go belly-up.
--
Tracey J. Rosenblath
www.icertify.net

"news.iinet.net.au" <wecreate@iinet.net.au.nospam> wrote in message
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> Anybody ever consider if cisco as a company folds or got sold. All
> those certications may = dog crap. same goes for Microsoft!
> Although they may seem like big companys, but we have all seen other BIG
> companies die too over the years. Worldcomm etc.
> Makes me want a generic cert, or even a UNI degree over cert's.
>

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Who could give two shits about any certification? It's the experience you
get from contracting or at various places of employment... not the
certifications that you have... IMHO. The smartest people in the industry
don't have certification. Certifications are joke in this industry.

My ex-roommate didn't know shit about Cisco... paid some fly by night school
$1700 for his ccna... took test and failed it 5 times... finally passed on
the 6th... I called him with the same questions about my router and why ftp
wasn't working etc... I asked him how to configure the router from a serial
prompt... (looking for config t command) and he couldn't tell me what it
was... he even went to say that you could only apply changes to the router
via tftp transfers... yes, I am making my changes using notepad and tftping
them over... but shit... this guy has a cert and doesn't know jack shit.

Just another example of why I believe it is what you know and not what your
resume' claims that you know.

"news.iinet.net.au" <wecreate@iinet.net.au.nospam> wrote in message
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Anybody ever consider if cisco as a company folds or got sold. All
those certications may = dog crap. same goes for Microsoft!
Although they may seem like big companys, but we have all seen other BIG
companies die too over the years. Worldcomm etc.
Makes me want a generic cert, or even a UNI degree over cert's.

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PS. If Cisco goes tits up... the routers will still be in place and need to
be supported. So, who cares who owns them?

"Eddie Haskal" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Who could give two shits about any certification? It's the experience you
get from contracting or at various places of employment... not the
certifications that you have... IMHO. The smartest people in the industry
don't have certification. Certifications are joke in this industry.

My ex-roommate didn't know shit about Cisco... paid some fly by night school
$1700 for his ccna... took test and failed it 5 times... finally passed on
the 6th... I called him with the same questions about my router and why ftp
wasn't working etc... I asked him how to configure the router from a serial
prompt... (looking for config t command) and he couldn't tell me what it
was... he even went to say that you could only apply changes to the router
via tftp transfers... yes, I am making my changes using notepad and tftping
them over... but shit... this guy has a cert and doesn't know jack shit.

Just another example of why I believe it is what you know and not what your
resume' claims that you know.

"news.iinet.net.au" <wecreate@iinet.net.au.nospam> wrote in message
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Anybody ever consider if cisco as a company folds or got sold. All
those certications may = dog crap. same goes for Microsoft!
Although they may seem like big companys, but we have all seen other BIG
companies die too over the years. Worldcomm etc.
Makes me want a generic cert, or even a UNI degree over cert's.

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That's why Cisco started the Cisco Networking Academy!

Eddie Haskal wrote:

> Who could give two shits about any certification? It's the experience you
> get from contracting or at various places of employment... not the
> certifications that you have... IMHO. The smartest people in the industry
> don't have certification. Certifications are joke in this industry.
>
> My ex-roommate didn't know shit about Cisco... paid some fly by night school
> $1700 for his ccna... took test and failed it 5 times... finally passed on
> the 6th... I called him with the same questions about my router and why ftp
> wasn't working etc... I asked him how to configure the router from a serial
> prompt... (looking for config t command) and he couldn't tell me what it
> was... he even went to say that you could only apply changes to the router
> via tftp transfers... yes, I am making my changes using notepad and tftping
> them over... but shit... this guy has a cert and doesn't know jack shit.
>
> Just another example of why I believe it is what you know and not what your
> resume' claims that you know.
>
> "news.iinet.net.au" <wecreate@iinet.net.au.nospam> wrote in message
> news:3f33acde$0$23612$5a62ac22
@freenews.iinet.net.au...
> Anybody ever consider if cisco as a company folds or got sold. All
> those certications may = dog crap. same goes for Microsoft!
> Although they may seem like big companys, but we have all seen other BIG
> companies die too over the years. Worldcomm etc.
> Makes me want a generic cert, or even a UNI degree over cert's.
>
>

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Just imagine if the world quits using computers and telecommunication
equipment.

Then we're all screwed.


In article < 3f33acde$0$23612$5a62ac22@free
news.iinet.net.au>,
wecreate@iinet.net.au.nospam says...
> Anybody ever consider if cisco as a company folds or got sold. All
> those certications may = dog crap. same goes for Microsoft!
> Although they may seem like big companys, but we have all seen other BIG
> companies die too over the years. Worldcomm etc.
> Makes me want a generic cert, or even a UNI degree over cert's.
>
>

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Holy shit!! I never thought of that. What would I do?

"Dave Christian" <dcnews@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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Just imagine if the world quits using computers and telecommunication
equipment.

Then we're all screwed.


In article < 3f33acde$0$23612$5a62ac22@free
news.iinet.net.au>,
wecreate@iinet.net.au.nospam says...
> Anybody ever consider if cisco as a company folds or got sold. All
> those certications may = dog crap. same goes for Microsoft!
> Although they may seem like big companys, but we have all seen other BIG
> companies die too over the years. Worldcomm etc.
> Makes me want a generic cert, or even a UNI degree over cert's.
>
>

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I would start to build custom Gokarts.
"Eddie Haskal" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Holy shit!! I never thought of that. What would I do?
>
> "Dave Christian" <dcnews@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.199dc68cf4eecceb9898a6@news-server.cfl.rr.com...
>
> Just imagine if the world quits using computers and telecommunication
> equipment.
>
> Then we're all screwed.
>
>
> In article < 3f33acde$0$23612$5a62ac22@free
news.iinet.net.au>,
> wecreate@iinet.net.au.nospam says...
> > Anybody ever consider if cisco as a company folds or got sold. All
> > those certications may = dog crap. same goes for Microsoft!
> > Although they may seem like big companys, but we have all seen other BIG
> > companies die too over the years. Worldcomm etc.
> > Makes me want a generic cert, or even a UNI degree over cert's.
> >
> >
>
>

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Mame cabinets here...

"Bekim Abazoski" <bekim321@verizon.net> wrote in message
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I would start to build custom Gokarts.
"Eddie Haskal" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:y%TYa.167649$R92.121032@news2.central.cox.net...
> Holy shit!! I never thought of that. What would I do?
>
> "Dave Christian" <dcnews@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.199dc68cf4eecceb9898a6@news-server.cfl.rr.com...
>
> Just imagine if the world quits using computers and telecommunication
> equipment.
>
> Then we're all screwed.
>
>
> In article < 3f33acde$0$23612$5a62ac22@free
news.iinet.net.au>,
> wecreate@iinet.net.au.nospam says...
> > Anybody ever consider if cisco as a company folds or got sold. All
> > those certications may = dog crap. same goes for Microsoft!
> > Although they may seem like big companys, but we have all seen other BIG
> > companies die too over the years. Worldcomm etc.
> > Makes me want a generic cert, or even a UNI degree over cert's.
> >
> >
>
>

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