RE: OT:Cisco becoming Microsoft ?

"Looks like one day for sure the Google will rule the world.."

Funny we thought that of MS in the 90s and Cisco in the late 90s when their
stock valuation had them ahead of MS at one point.

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Radioactive Frog
Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:28 AM
To: Jonny English
Cc: John Pelletier; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: OT:Cisco becoming Microsoft ?

Interesting...

To be honest, I am waiting for the day when Google launches its own "Router"
I bet they'd do more than just routing :)

Looks like one day for sure the Google will rule the world..

frog

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Jonny English
<redkidneybeans_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Search the achieves. This topic is discussed already.....
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 1:43 AM, 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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