Dear subscribers, In defense of Mr. Berkowitz, Ms.Oppenheimer and many others, here's a short story to sum it up...
A man died and went to the pearly gates, and the angel said, "Well, Mr. Jones, since you've lived a special life on earth, G~d has asked me to give you special treatment. You will get to choose if you want to go to heaven or hell. Which would you like to visit first?" And Mr.Jones indicated he wanted to get a glimpse of hell first. What he saw was a place filled with misery and pain, and in spite of everyone being gathered around a banquet table, they were all starving. The angel pointed out to him that this was due to the fact that everyone who went to hell was punished by having an extremely long spoon glued to their hands, thus making it impossible to feed themselves. Next stop was heaven, but the scene was very similar to that in hell. There was a huge gathering of people also with a long spoon attached to their hands, yet everyone was enjoying the feast and having a party. The difference was in heaven, they were all feeding each other. Conclusion: If as a subscriber all you want to do is insult other listers or show us your arrogance, it is time that you GET OFF THIS LIST!!! To Howard, Priscilla, and folks like them...we can't thank you enough. Sincerely, Elmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" To: Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 11:49 AM Subject: A couple of clarifications [7:43127] > I hate to do anything to prolong this unpleasant thread, but a couple > of facts really should be put out. > > 1. I was a regular poster on Groupstudy well before I had any business > relationship with either CertificationZone or Gett. In both cases, I > was contacted by the CEO of each in response to what they had seen of > my posting patterns. > > 2. Gett and Groupstudy have not exchanged one cent. > > 3. Genium has never paid one cent to Gett, although I have a personal > contract > with them. In the interest of rack time rentals, we do have a > partnership > to allow their authors to develop scenarios, and to give their > subscribers > convenient and discounted scenario access. > > 4. We have a similar relationship to IPexpert, although I receive no > compensation from Gett. > > 5. We are investigating other partner relationships. Gettlab (a subsidiary > of Gett, which is an established consultancy and VAR, especially in > healthcare), has a business model of, if you will, selling razor blades > (rack time) rather than selling razors (scenarios). In our consultancy, > we do a good deal of open source work and prefer it. Open source > scenarios, > with value added support, is consistent with the way we've done things > for a long time. > > 6. Paul Borghese and I discussed my posts both regarding scenario design > and free scenarios with a very brief mention of a commercial service > being available. This was meant to be a community service, and by > community I include competitors potentially improving their scenarios. > I did some things recently such as running mini-classes on specific > scenarios, which seemed useful to a number of people, and I expect > to continue to do so. > > 7. I sometimes forget to attach my .sig, but I've never made a secret of > my affiliations. > > 8. I would invite anyone to look at the number of substantive, noncommercial > posts I have made to the list for several years. One of the most vocal > recent critics made his first post on 4/30, and has not made ANY > technical > posts in this calendar year. > > 9. I'm not going to get into a challenge of what my qualifications are or are > not. I am perfectly happy to provide my resume to people with a > legitimate > interest. But as far as certain charges have been made, I suggest people > contact people I've worked with, such as Jeff Doyle, and ask that his > response be posted to the list. I can also document having worked with > some of the figures that I have been charged with not knowing. > > I would much prefer that we get back to what I am told that Rodney > King said after he became a landscaper: "Can't we just get a lawn?" > I intend to make contributions to this list as I have done. Of > course, there's a certain commercial interest, but I never expect to > make a post relating to commercial materials that are not generally > available to the public. But my major motivation is doing what I > think any true professional does: "Pay it forward" with respect to my > own mentors. > -- > "What Problem are you trying to solve?" > ***send Cisco questions to the list, so all can benefit -- not > directly to me*** > **************************************************************************** **** > Howard C. Berkowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chief Technology Officer, GettLab/Gett Communications http://www.gettlabs.com > Technical Director, CertificationZone.com http://www.certificationzone.com > "retired" Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CID) #93005 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=43202&t=43127 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
