Priscilla, Maybe it's time to switch publishers like Howard's. Unless your upcoming book prevents Cisco from doing what they did to TDND's contract. BTW - when is the next book due for release?
Elmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Priscilla Oppenheimer" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:12 AM Subject: RE: CID Exam Cert Book [7:39669] > At 10:03 PM 4/1/02, Robert Padjen wrote: > >Top Down is a great book for DCN, but it's not really > >for the CID. I'll go out on a limb and suggest mine ( > >;) ). Sybex CID Study Guide. > > I'm sure you'll get flamed for advertising your own book, but I'm going to > give you a hard time also for lack of accuracy. ;-) > > Top-Down Network Design is not a certification book, but it is based on the > work I did on both the Designing Cisco Networks (DCN) and the Cisco > Internetwork Design (CID) training classes when I worked for Cisco. > > I have heard that Cisco has made CID match my Top-Down Network Design book > even more closely than before. I know for a fact that the description of > the CID course is taken from my Top-Down Network Design book. I did a > double-take when I read the following text from the description of the CID > class here: > http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/front.x/wwtraining/CELC/index.cgi?action=Cours eDesc&COURSE_ID=321 > > "Good internetwork design recognizes a customer's requirements embody many > business and technical goals, including requirements for availability, > scalability, affordability, security, and manageability. Difficult > internetwork design choices and tradeoffs must be made when designing the > internetwork before any physical devices or media are selected. > > CID covers typical internetwork design business and technical goals and > constraints. CID details the top-down design process and the importance of > using systematic methods for internetwork design. Using systematic methods > helps you, the internetwork designer, to keep pace with changing > technologies and customer requirements." > > I said to myself, "Hey I wrote that. Oh yeah, I should have had a lawyer > look at my book contract. Cisco can use anything I wrote in the book. > Bummer..... or maybe not??" ;-] > > Priscilla > > >To save a buck, if you > >feel comfortable with the material, you may want to > >forgo the big book and use the Exam Notes (used books > >are out there too). The new test might focus on > >multicast more than the books reflect, and they may > >have less StrataCom and ATM, but its close enough. > >640-025 (the exam the book was written to) is still > >the current version. > > > >Good luck. > > > > > >--- Andy Barkl wrote: > > > The book is not that great. It has many errors and > > > omissions. > > > I recommend the Cisco Press Top-Down Network Design > > > book for the new CID > > > exam. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > > > STRAND Scott > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 12:32 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: CID Exam Cert Book [7:39669] > > > > > > Has anyone who has taken the CID exam used the Cisco > > > CID Exam > > > Certification > > > Guide. (Michael Crane, Reggie Terell). I was wanting > > > to > > > get some opinions on this book, especially the > > > practice test on the CD. > > > I > > > intend to use BOSON as well. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Scott > > > CCNP, CCDA > > > > > > [GroupStudy.com removed an attachment of type > > > application/x-pkcs7-signature > > > which had a name of smime.p7s] > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >===== > >Robert Padjen > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > >http://http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=40192&t=39669 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
