I can't see any reason to apply a cynical explanation for someone's
admiration for an author's work. The admiration and good reviews may very
well not be based on friendship, as Stupid Idiot is assuming. They may be
based on professional respect. Even if they are friends, maybe they are
friends because they admire each other's intelligence and communication
skills.
Priscilla
At 06:39 PM 12/10/00, Andy Walden wrote:
>Stupid,
>
>I appreciate you reply. It caused me to take a closer look into your
>comments and I came across this from Carl Hagan in May2000.
>
>"Obviously, you have never met Sean Odom or heard him speak. He is
>probably one of the most knowledgable Cisco consultants ever to grace our
>presence. You know why he doesn't keep up with this group? Because
>everyone has comments like this. It keeps the people who this group could
>use the most from keeping up with the list. If we all paid more attention
>to the technical problems we have and the learning we need, we would have
>people like Sean Odom and Todd Lammle keeping up with the group. Who has
>time for the Soap Opera that this group list is providing?"
>
>It does sound like this Carl guy has an unnatural fascination with this
>Sean guy.
>
>Just fueling the fire...
>
>-andy
>
>
>On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Stupid Idiot wrote:
>
> >
> > Holy crap Robin, that has to be the most blatant plug,
> > from a friend of an author, that I've ever seen! It's
> > morons like you that make Amazon reviews worthless.
> >
> > How much did the authors have to pay you for you to
> > litter this list with your "stunning" review?
> >
> > >Just an FYI for the group. I got the Switching Black
> > >Book from Sean Odom and Doug Hammond. I cannot
> > >believe what it has! I know Sean Odom is known for
> > >putting out books that are well written and takes the
> > >time to place more than the needed technical
> > >information. What I thought I was getting was a atep
> > >by step guide on just Catalyst switches and the
> > >configurations. What I got? Catalyst switches, ATM
> > >LightStream Switches and WAN switch configurations as
> > >well. Holy cow Batman! Where was this book when I
> > >needed it months ago??? This is a gold mine. I
> > >don't think there is any other books like it out on
> > >the market yet. It is a good resource to have.
> >
> > >Carl Hagan
> >
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