That is always a good recommendation. Of course, you
will likely note that the woman who originally wrote
the CID materials, an accomplished author herself,
gave the Sybex text a glowing review. I fail to
understand Mr. Huston's continued slams - he passed
the test with the assistance of the Sybex publication
and still harps on it. No book is all things to all
readers no matter how hard an author/publisher/editor
tries. I have repeatedly stated that some readers
prefer CiscoPress - some prefer Osborne - but I do
think that the only fair way to judge someone's work
product is to remain objective. If one says I don't
like X because I don't like it, well, that's opinion.
If someone says X is incomplete because it is, well,
that's unqualified. If someone says X is incomplete
because it does not provide 20% of the information in
Y, including how ABC works in PDQ environments, well,
then we have a qualified critique. There is
verifiablity and a constructive nature - it can be
fixed, addressed, corrected, or dismissed without
bias. I have learned to take all with a grain of salt
over the years, and am only frustrated when
insufficient information is provided to correct the
issue and the critiques continue. Many have written to
state (for all authors, publishers, titles) that "this
book is full of errors..." only to have it finally
disclosed that typographical mistakes and typesetting
led to unfortunate problems. Wouldn't it be better to
write - "Dear Author... I don't know if you know this
but I think page 43 has a mistake. Could you comment
on this?" I wrote all 13 chapters of CID, and yet I
would never claim that it was entirely my product. I
had a great team of copy, technical and graphics
editors going over everything, in addition to
submissions editors and other professionals to provide
the best product. If I had CID to write over again
under the current exam (640-025) I would likely add
more information on SNA and x.25, but I have not seen
any question in the exam or in the objectives that is
not addressed in the current revision. I will not
spoon feed questions to those who don't wish to study
- CID has over 400 questions, but the real exam has
only 100. None of the review questions include
graphics like the official exam - we present this
material in a different light.
Having written for over ten years professionally, and
a like amount of technical/networking experience, I
can state that the critiques of computer professionals
are much more intense compared to aviation, journalism
and commercial reviews. I believe that CID, and the
other Sybex texts, are quality presentations of the
material needed to sucessfully prepare for the
examinations that relate to the objectives of the
book, and that they are crafted to focus the reader on
the important materials and present it in a 'leading'
style. It was frustrating to see that the 'official'
test and materials left off, in large part, in 1997,
and I had hoped that CID would expand upon its niche
by adding real-world materials, and, based on the
overwhelming positive responses, I would do that again
in an instant. As for x.25 and SNA - well, don't
remember seeing them on the CID beta (they may have
been there - NDA, you know) - and on the 640-025 exam
I have yet to see a question that one could not answer
with the CID materials in the book. Some readers may
want more, but I'd also like to be 6'6" - isn't going
to happen anytime soon, and, you know, I already have
a problem with headroom in my car. My hook shot may
stink, but at least I know hold at the baseline.
Thanks all.
--- John Huston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Another thought is for you to read the book reviews
> at www.amazon.com,
> www.bookpool.com, and www.booksamillion.com. I
> wished I would have.
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> recommend the book from
> Sybex.
> >
> >
> http://www.ciscopress.com/book.cfm?series=2&book=108
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> > ""Yadav, Arvind K (CAP, GECIS)""
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> > > Any book is available for CID exam ( 640-025)
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> > > Thanks in advance
> > > Arvind
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