From: Marvin Greenlee (mgreenlee@ipexpert.com)
Date: Fri Jul 04 2008 - 14:45:38 ART
Numbers are just numbers.
If someone were to tell me that Narbik's workbook must not be any good
because he doesn't have a list of 700+ CCIEs, then I would say that they
aren't thinking clearly.
Different students prefer different materials, period. I've meet people
that have multiple vendors workbooks, and there is no consensus on which one
they like best.
In the past, I have also seen vendors that randomly added people to lists,
based on other items, like signing up for a mailing list or renting a rack
session, neither of which is much reflection of that workbook's quality.
Like Scott, I have found myself showing up on a few vendor lists where I had
no business transactions / purchases with that particular company.
At the end of the day, the quality of materials available today is much
better than it was 5 years ago, so I think the candidates benefit most from
some healthy competition between vendors.
Marvin Greenlee, CCIE #12237 (R&S, SP, Sec)
Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert, Inc.
Telephone: +1.810.326.1444
Fax: +1.810.454.0130
Mailto: mgreenlee@ipexpert.com
Progress or excuses, which one are you making?
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Subject: Re: Narbik Joins IPExpert....Interesting !!
you could drag this out all day,
everyone is going to have their own swing on things with regard to numbers.
and you'll never have "exactly" equal numbers. numbers are just numbers, as
scott mentioned a marketing gimmick and nothing more.
I would think that user satisfaction and word of mouth are more suitable
gauges of a vendors success. I never really cared about the numbers, I just
bought everyone's product and determined for myself which was best.
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