Well, the online verification system says that "Stuart Biggs" is CCIE 1025, though the current status is Inactive.
-----Original Message----- From: Chuck Ryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: No longer 4 digits [7:52146] 2nd Terry Slattery quote [7:52165] Actually, I thought/read/heard that CCIE #1025 (aka the first CCIE) was/is Jeff Buddemeier, technical lead for Cisco. This is the first time I ever heard the name Stewart Biggs mentioned as CCIE #1025. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Cotts" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 4:01 PM Subject: RE: No longer 4 digits [7:52146] 2nd Terry Slattery quote [7:52159] > In my previous post I quoted a post from Terry Slattery regarding the first > CCIEs. In it he did not recall the name of CCIE# 1025. In the quoted post > below he does provide a name. > snip > The first CCIE, #1025, is/was Stewart Biggs. My understanding is that his > certification has lapsed and he's off doing something else. I took the test > > from him in August, 1993 and became the second CCIE, #1026. The lab itself > had > a plaque outside the door labeling it as #1024 (a power of two - kind of an > inside joke for networking/compuer jocks). > unsnip > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: MADMAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 1:57 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: No longer 4 digits [7:52146] > > > > > > CCIE 1040 sits next to me and I asked him if Imran (sp?) was his > > proctor and it was. Imran designed the orgianal program and it's our > > guess he was the proctor for the 1st CCIE. > > > > Imran was pretty tough, I remember talking to him at networkers in > > Denver when the CCIE recert first came out and about 100 of > > us took the > > test and only 2 passed. He chuckled stating his intention was to make > > it difficult so as to require studying. > > > > Dave > > > > Chuck's Long Road wrote: > > > > > > this topic of fascination for many often leads to a bit of > > confusion as > > well > > > > > > > > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/ccie_program/ccie_pr > > esent.html > > > > > > shows the number of CCIE's world wide as of 7/31/02 > > > > > > The first CCIE number issued was 1025. Over the years, > > some have retired, > > > some have neglected to recertify ( including Jeff Doyle, last time I > > > looked ) > > > > > > So according to Cisco's numbers, on July 31 2002 there were > > 8031 active > > > CCIE's. > > > > > > As a sidebar, Terry Slattery, CCIE 1026, tells how he was > > tested by CCIE > > > 1025 ( sorry, I can't remember the name ) > > > The theory was / remains that only CCIE's should test candidates. > > > > > > No one seems to know who tested #1025, nor the criteria used. > > > > > > Chuck Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=52169&t=52169 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
