From: Paul Borghese (pborghese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 18:54:20 GMT-3
A few weeks ago, I asked for opinions on the creation of a mailing list
dedicated to the discussion of commercial products. The response was
overwhelmingly positive. So here it is!
The commercial mailing list is dedicated to the discussion of commercial
products that cost over $125.00. In particular, this list will be used to
discuss solutions to commercial practice labs. Books and more affordable
items may continue to be discussed in the CCIELab list. Each mailing list
message will have the words [COM] posted in the subject to distinguish it
from the regular mailing list.
It is recommended members who have purchased commercial lab products should
join both lists. Questions not related to a commercial lab scenario should
be directed to the CCIE Lab list, while questions on an individual lab
should be sent to the Commercial list.
To join send a message to majordomo@groupstudy.com with the body containing:
subscribe commercial
Why are we doing this?
Because when polled people were overwhelmingly in favor of creating the
list. I was surprised by the number of people who have purchased the
various labs and believed it was a good idea. A smaller community will help
in finding the solutions to the labs. Plus the rest of us will benefit by
not having to listen to the conversation :-). I personally find it a little
annoying to have questions posted that I can not possibly answer without
spend hundreds of dollars for a practice lab.
Second, I am trying to work with some vendors of these practice labs to try
and obtain a discount for GroupStudy members. But even still these labs
will be quite expensive. What I do not want to happen is the feeling that
you need to purchase practice labs in order to participate in the CCIELab
discussion group. If you are in the practice lab business, and are willing
to give GroupStudy a discount, give me a shout!
Finally, there has been concerns that vendors are posting questions about
their products using Yahoo/Hotmail and other free accounts to create
industry "buzz". A number of suspicious postings have been sent to me in
this regard - and I do have to admit some did look quite unusual. By
splitting the list, the benefit of this type of behavior will be minimized.
Why advertise to people who have purchased your products?
Send me any comments/complaints you have about the new list!
Take care,
Paul
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