Re: OT:Cisco becoming Microsoft ?

Hi,

Well Cisco also makes mony out of the certification process ... and
sometimes I indeed think ... it's all abou the money for them.

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Iwan Hoogendoorn
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Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
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On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 1:43 PM, John Pelletier
<john.pelletier_at_altima-group.com> wrote:
> All, I know this is off topic hence the  OT in the subject line. A couple of
> observations to consider, agree/disagree/disregard as you wish.
>
> Seems to me with the explosion of certifications coming out of Cisco it is
> becoming the new Microsoft of the networking world only really concerned with
> how much money it can generate from issuing and requiring the maintenacne of a
> laundry list of certifications. Many of which now clearly overalp ie CCNP/CCSP
> with extensive IPSec VPN, CCIE R&S and SP with MPLS, and Security with VPN and
> MPLS VPN etc. Would they be better off with one cert to cover the 3 for
> instance? And yes I know each goes much deeper into other areas as well.
>
> Also, IF cisco was soooo concerned with the RS V4 being more "real world" why
> not require anyone with an earlier than V3 lab to retake the lab  at V4 that
> is reasonable to make sure they are up to speed if that were the real intent?
> If they were interested in keeping the numbers down why not do that vs issuing
> a V4 that seems to be over the top? Seems to me that much of this is money
> driven then they would ever care to admit to. Well back to MPLS for
> today's exciting topic.
>
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