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Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course
From: Jack Bates <jbates () brightok net>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:56:53 -0500
David Conrad wrote:
On Jul 24, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Brandon Butterworth wrote:Indeed, best not listen to vendorsAs it is best not to listen to doctors that tell you if you continue chain smoking or eating 5000 calories a day, you'll likely regret it.
Bad analogy. A doctor tells you these things for your well being. In fact, the doctor's advice, while meeting the goals of his oath, conflict with his business needs (your regret of not following his advice will be lots more doctor bills).
Vendors care about their bottom line. Some will happily lie for a sale. Most will highlight their strong points and gloss over their weaknesses. More care goes to those who pay the most.
An engineer is closer to a doctor. The engineer cares about the health of their network and how well it performs, even if it means begging for more expensive gear from management. The engineer is less concerned with the bottom line and more concerned with doing things right (especially if it means less work, less headaches, and less problems for the same amount of pay).
I rant OT too much. :) Jack
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- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Karl Auer (Jul 25)
- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Saku Ytti (Jul 25)
- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Mark Smith (Jul 25)
- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Valdis . Kletnieks (Jul 25)
- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Saku Ytti (Jul 25)
- RE: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Nathan Eisenberg (Jul 25)
- RE: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Karl Auer (Jul 25)
- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Valdis . Kletnieks (Jul 25)
- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course David Conrad (Jul 24)
- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Jack Bates (Jul 24)
- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course David Conrad (Jul 25)
- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Owen DeLong (Jul 24)
- Re: Addressing plan exercise for our IPv6 course Mark Smith (Jul 24)