Some of the vendors are great and I consider them my friends. Some won't contribute anything if they can't make a buck off of it. If for example I might be asking questions about IPCop and a guy calls and wants to sell me a $5000 solution to my problem, I don't like that. I also asked on here one time if anyone used clickers in the classroom. A few days later the Quizdom Clicker guy calls and been stalking me ever since.
I love the lurkers that Tom mentioned. I guess some people are bored with their lives and need to report back to others. Last spring when I thought my job would be cut to part-time, I made some comments on here about it. I guess a few found it necessary to report it to a few who are not on this list about it for whatever reason. Dana Fellows Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator Whiteside Area Career Center 1608 Fifth Avenue Sterling, IL 61081 Email, [email protected] Website, www.wacc.cc Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206 Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM Central Time MCP, MCSA, MCSE, A+, Network+, CIW AAS - Network Administration BA - Information Systems MS - Instructional Technology -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 7:51 PM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Vendors on this list I have not had a problem with the vendors on this list. I know they exist. I know who some of them are. And some of them participate in a very positive way. If they want to call and propose a solution for a problem that I have posted here, I don't have a problem with that. If a particular vendor becomes a major problem then we can always "Adam K" them.......... Quoting "Steele, Thomas C" <[email protected]>: > I would bet money on that. I believe there are others who join just > to harvest addresses for their contact list but never make a post. > Then there are the "watchdog" lurkers that monitor the list and > report back any dissenting opinion to ISBE, the politicians, etc. > (sounds kind of like the Cold War all over again). Oh the > consequences of "free speech"! > > -TS > > Thomas C. Steele > Technology Director > Manteno CUSD #5 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dana Fellows > Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 5:35 PM > To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' > Subject: [tech-geeks] Vendors on this list > > > You know, thinking back for the past few years I am now suspicious of some > of the vendors on this list and what their motives are. Some probably never > post anything on here but just sit back and read about our troubles. I think > there has been one or two who has called my school offering solutions to > problems. Sometimes it is a coincidence that I had recently posted the issue > here or was talking about it on here and next thing I know someone has > called the school here with a solution or offering consulting service. I > need to think about this a for a little while before commenting anymore and > naming names. > > Dana Fellows > Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator > Whiteside Area Career Center > 1608 Fifth Avenue > Sterling, IL 61081 > Email, [email protected] > Website, www.wacc.cc > Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206 > Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM Central Time > > MCP, MCSA, MCSE, A+, Network+, CIW > AAS - Network Administration > BA - Information Systems > MS - Instructional Technology > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
