From: IPexpert, Inc. (groupstudy@ipexpert.net)
Date: Sun Jan 05 2003 - 16:40:50 GMT-3
Paul,
I'd be open to "donating" some of our already developed, CCIE-level
e-Scenarios! (No EULA attached ;-)
Thanks - Wayne
CEO - IPexpert, Inc.
Paul Borghese writes:
> It has been my dream from the creation of GroupStudy that the members
> would share study materials. I will donate a web server and space for
> the project. About a year ago I reserved the name studylabs.org for
> such a project.
>
> I think we should have various teams working on different labs based
> upon technology.
>
> Something like:
>
> 1. IGP
> 2. EGP
> 3. Security
> 4. ISDN
> 5. Voice
> 6. DLSW
> 7. MISC (queuing, multicast, etc)
>
> Geoff, will you head up the project? I will setup the website for you.
>
> Take care,
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Geoff Zinderdine
> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:11 AM
> To: Groupstudy
> Subject: Call for Volunteers to produce Free Labs for the Networking
> Community
>
> Listmembers:
>
> With the current discussion of onerous/unenforcable/illegal licensing
> agreements for lab preparation material at a zenith, I want to take this
> opportunity to put out a call for contributors to a new project: a
> constantly
> evolving set of labs copylefted under the GPL and distributed free of
> charge.
> What I envision is a loose-knit board of technical reviewers drawn
> primarily
> from the pool of current CCIEs and other acknowledged experts both to
> contribute lab content and to review other content that is received for
> relevance and accuracy. The amount of time spent is entirely up to the
> volunteer.
>
> All work that is submitted will be credited to its author and
> distributed
> absolutely free of charge, probably by CVS. The rights will remain with
> the
> author. This project will include both tutorials and hands-on lab
> scenarios.
> I am working at getting a web forum up as a central clearinghouse where
> ideas
> can be contributed and a listserv for the reviewers to communicate
> through.
>
> I see this as a terrific opportunity to develop a strong community of
> engineers that can advance the standards of training by providing
> top-notch
> material to everyone regardless of financial situation. Because there
> is no
> need for "subscriptions" or any other quasi-legal tomfoolery and the
> review
> and delivery method will be electronic, it will be a simple matter to
> keep the
> material up-to-date with any changes Cisco makes to the program.
>
> If you wish to act on the review board, contribute material or be part
> of the
> community that uses it please drop me a line at gpl_labs@yahoo.com
> telling me
> who you are and what you wish to do. To make it easier for me to manage
> my
> email, please indicate in the subject whether you wish to be a REVIEWER,
> CONTRIBUTOR (or both) or USER.
>
> I will contact the reviewers and contributors shortly and the users as
> soon as
> the web forum is up.
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
> Geoff Zinderdine
> CCIE #10410
> .
> .
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