I really hate to reopen this, but the posts that triggered this are
not new. There has been no action by Cisco and there's suggestive
evidence that the original posts were hoaxes. While
CertificationZone has no formal relationship with Cisco, there has
been considerable correspondence between Genium Publishing, owner of
the Zone, and Cisco's intellectual property lawyer, and some issues
of concern were worked out quite some time ago.
It is rather unlikely that a vice president of a major company would
disclose a future litigation plan in a forum outside the company.
One of the posts back when this thread began suggested the VP was Ed
Kozol, who (1) doesn't work for Cisco any longer and was either gone
or on sabbatical at the time of the alleged meeting and (2) was a
member of the Wiley Networking Council that sponsors my recent books
-- hardly an adversarial relationship.
Can we let this die?
>Is that who they are going after? Certification Zone? I have been the
>site, and I have not seen anything that really compromises the NDA, in fact,
>most the papers that are there seem like interpretations of the cisco.com
>site.
I can only speak for myself as an author as well as technical
director, but I strive to write the material from direct experience
and from general industry knowledge. In other words, I would
typically write most of an article and then review some specifics
against public Cisco material, but I'm certainly not paraphrasing the
web site.
>That's a shame. Next it will be Coriolis and Sybex!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
>Ehab Mohamad Abdullah
>Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 2:44 AM
>To: 'Billy Monroe'
>Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
>Subject: RE: Last Nights DC Cisco Meeting
>
>
>Hi,
>
>It is the Certification Zone
>
>Ehab
>CCNP, ASE, MCSE, CNE
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Billy Monroe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 11:41 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Last Nights DC Cisco Meeting
>
>
>?
>
>"Nathan Casassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> Think Cisco will get upset if I forward this info on?
>>
>> To pass the CCIE lab exam you must know this:
>>
>> "configure terminal"
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Christine Johnson, CCNP" wrote:
>>
>> > Last night I attended a meeting where one of the Cisco vice presidents
>> > stated that Cisco is investing 50 million dollars in protecting the
>Cisco
>> > CCIE. They are going after any person that has an NDA agreement and
>posts
>> > things considered a violation and publishes the information on a website
>or
>> > book. They stated that they were going after a guy named Howard
>Berkowitz
>> > for having a website that has 168 violations. They are sending him a
>letter
>> > stating he is no longer certified by Cisco and suing him down to a
>> > Volkwagen. Does anyone know what website he has?
>> >
> > > Christine Johnson, CCNP
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