At 11:37 30/06/2002 +1200, you wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Philip D'Ath wrote:
Because I'm passionate about Cisco networking equipment, and I think I can get a good sized crowd coming along. If I made it a NUG (Network Users Group), then it could swell it be something huge.
And the problem being?
He doesnt want to bite off more than he can chew ? ;) Im definately interested in upskilling in this area so Id be in - but id be somewhat cautious if the people coordinating an event were so pro-one-manufacturer that they wound up being anti-the-others, you end up with a rather narrow field of expertise... (Shadows of MCSE? Or is that inappropriate? :P) Im all for it, but id prefer a vendor-neutral concept. Of course theres no reason why Cisco cant feature in a big way - but lets not close the idea off to other vendors. Otherwise anyone who wishes to retain a broader view, needs to find multiple training/user group sources instead of just one. (Slackware Users Group? Debian Users Group? Instead of Linux Users Group? I know where id prefer to be.) - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog