I'll defend the practice of analyzing humorous statements as a point of origin for inquiries potentially leading to insight until the end of time and beyond. One of the reasons that this is possible is precisely BECAUSE practices such as "build a network and they will come" occur whether or not they work, in turn somewhat contributing to the ecomonic viability of professions shared by some members of the group.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Watson" To: Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 3:28 PM Subject: RE: Network Design... Hmmm [7:44417] > This was not a comparison of network design methodologies, it was mean > to be humorous (I totally agree with the top down process). The idea of > "build a network and they will come" simply does not work! > > The context of the other book was that no network will function properly > if Layer 1 is not designed correctly. > > BTW, how many is too many? :-) > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Priscilla Oppenheimer > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 2:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Network Design... Hmmm [7:44417] > > At 08:49 PM 5/17/02, Steve Watson wrote: > >I am reading Priscilla's book "Top Down Network Design" for the second > >time for a refresher and decided to hit the pool after I got home. > > Thanks for reading Top-Down Network Design. I hope you had a nice swim > and > didn't drink too many beers at the pool. ;-) > > >On > >the way out I looked on my book shelf and saw "Advanced IP Network > >Design" that I haven't had a chance to look at yet. So I took it to the > >pool with me. When lo and behold, what did I read on page 5, "The best > >place to start when designing a network is at the bottom". > > Out of context, this is completely meaningless. What else does it say? > > > > > > >Food for thought :-) > > > > > > > >Steve > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44481&t=44417 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
