If youre not reading the contract before you sign it, and following up with questions about basic things like that then there is a much bigger issue for your company than a stock profile background image
On Aug 6, 2017 11:03 AM, "Matt Hoppes" <[email protected]> wrote: > So let me throw this out. I advertise a colo facility with generator > backup. > > Post pictures like this. > > Actual facility is a back room in an office with racks from Lowe's and a > roll out generator we plug in with extension cords. > > At what point is this a problem? > > On Aug 6, 2017, at 11:37 AM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Pre-patch a bunch of stuff into pre-populated SFPs and when orders are > submitted, the data center's cross connect crew does all the work. No need > to visit the facility regularly. :-) > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Sunday, August 6, 2017 10:35:54 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Matt Hoppes and Missouri IX > > > I'm not sure IX employees ever really work in the MMR, rarely in the data > center at all. Once a month? Once every other month? > > > Depends on the IX (as I get off topic here) … some of them are daily in > MMR’s. As for DC’s themselves, I can speak personally about one IX in > particular where it’s 2-3 times a week I’d estimate and another one that is > manned within the DC 24x7. > > > An MMR not maintained by volunteers, but the paid building management. No > one's volunteered blood, sweat and tears went into it. Someone paid to do > it was. > > True … but lots of volunteers from IX’s sometimes have access to the MMR’s > to do their work. It varies of course… quite a number of IX’s use colo > providers whom are paid to do that MMR work but that’s not alway the case …. > > Anyways - moot points here and I’m dropping from the conversation as > probably not helping here :) > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> > *To: *"Animal Farm" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Sunday, August 6, 2017 6:56:15 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Matt Hoppes and Missouri IX > > I believe the issue is that the picture may not represent the actual IX in > question (or MMR of the building where the IX is located might be more > accurate). Basically, and pardon me possibly putting words in some > people’s mouthes here, when a group of people put a lot of work into > something and then a picture of that work is used elsewhere to possibly > resemble where a potential employee would work then it’s just misleading > and could be considered offensive to the people who did all the work > originally ….. make sense? > > You’ll notice my choice of words here because I’m making assumptions about > why the folks involved are upset and try to put myself in their shoes, at > which point, if I have all my facts straight, I would be quite upset as > well because it would look like someone else is taking complete credit for > someone else’s work …. In the world of IX’s (something I do know a lot > about) there is often people who don’t get pay checks as they volunteer > however they get the rewards to contributing towards a great thing for the > community … if you haven’t been involved at that level you may not > understand anything I’m suggesting here …. > > Paul > > > On Aug 5, 2017, at 8:42 PM, Mitch Koep <[email protected]> wrote: > > Question?? > Eric > Why are you so upset? > Did you have a bad dealing with someone and this is get back at them time? > I agree with Faisal it's a picture > Mitch > On 8/5/2017 11:29 AM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > > Share with you a related story.... > > I was in a Conf. room of one of our Colo Facilities Providers, they had > some pictures on their Conf. Room wall, which all were nice.. but there was > one picture that caught eye and appeared to be very familiar.. it was a > picture of cluster of antennas mounted on the roof of that facility... > > Upon a closer look, I recognized that that cluster was our antennas ! ... > so instantly two emotions came to mind... one was .. Hey that is a nice > picture ! I know to whom that stuff belongs to !... and the second... How > dare you take pictures of my equipment and hang it your conf. room (we > don't buy roof access from them) !... > > To me personally, the former feeling overcame the latter reaction... and I > actually felt proud of our little Cluster that someone viewed presentable > enough to put in their conf. room. > > Having said that.. if you are not the copyright owner of the photo.. then > why does it bother you at all ? Hopefully you should feel proud that > picture of an actual facility you know is being liked by others and being > promoted on the net... > > and that is IMHO ! > > Of course everyone is entitled to their opinions and your mileage may vary > !. > > :) > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 <(305)%20663-5518> > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 <(305)%20663-5518> Option 2 or Email: > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Friday, August 4, 2017 7:38:33 PM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] Matt Hoppes and Missouri IX > > I am not the copyright owner of the photo in question. This is only a > request. > Please stop using the photo of the Westin Building 1901 fiber meet-me room > to advertise the Missouri IX. > > Property owners and ISPs in the Pacific Northwest have spent a great deal > of time, money and effort building traffic exchange infrastructure. > > In my opinion is not an accurate or factual depiction of whatever > facilities may currently exist in Missouri to use a photograph from a > carrier hotel in downtown Seattle. > > <image.png> > > > >
