Settle down there, Tom! 1. Roosevelt Giles is a good guy and a very knowledgable instructor... 2. Yes, his book is full of mistakes, some small, some big, but I have been told that there IS errata out there somewhere (search the archives at groupstudy, you should be able to find the link). 3. The 2nd edition is intended to repair those errors, plus add some new material. I personally did a review of 3 chapters for the 2nd edition. I have not seen the final printing, but I did make several comments to fix the many errors that I spotted in the older material. 4. ALL books have technical errors. It is very difficult to catch them all... Some publishers are more diligent than others, but even than it can vary from book to book depending on the editing team that worked on the project. 5. If you felt burned, you should have returned your copy of the book for refund or exchange. Simply reading a chapter or 2 should not have damaged the book to the point that it was beyond return (unles you are one of those folks that marks all over their books with highlighter). 6. Despite the errors, there is still LOTS or really good information in that book. Catching the errors shows that you are learning the material, and though frustrating, it is probably good training... 7. It is only a book - don't let it get to you. I refuse to allow an inanimate object to get my blood pressure up... you should too. 8. Maalox - life is good! Dale Holmes [=`) >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Call for Action: Victim's of "All in One CCIE Study Guide" >Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 09:41:17 EDT > >Fellow Victims, > >As you may already know, Roosevelt Giles', All In One CCIE Study Guide is >chock full of misstatements and inaccuracies, such as mislabeled diagrams, >and outright inaccurate information. > >Where is an erratum? I could understand the publisher saying that they no >longer work with the author or have discontinued the series and therefore >there are no errata. This is not the case, far from it! They are putting >out a second edition, with a slightly different title and some >enhancements. What about the people, such as myself and many of you out >there that were zapped by the first. I feel that the publisher, at least, >owes us errata! We paid good money for the book. The back cover of the book >says, "get in on the CCIE career gold rush". Well, the publisher sure did. > >I recently sent an email to customer service at McGraw Hill. I did not get >the courtesy of a response. I buy a lot of books and so do all of you. We >don't need to stand for this. There is strength in numbers. I implore >fellow victims to send a message to the publisher telling them that we >refuse to be a dismissed and that we deserve to get what we pay for! > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >1-800-262-4729. > >Sincerely, >Tom Kager > >___________________________________ >UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html >FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com >Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
