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Actually the Nutshell books are great. "Cisco IOS in a Nutshell" I can go for that. Aren't they the ones that also do *the* Sendmail book? I have never thought much of the Cisco classes, but that is a personal preference I suppose, most of the people I know who still use IPX are very happy with it. Then again, I don't hear many people talking about the future of IPX anymore. -Deepak. On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Michael Vallee wrote: > > This is actually a very good idea. Someone should talk to Tim O'Rielly at > ORA.COM about this. They are the "Nutshell Book" folks, and do a great job > on other books in this area. > > We need to recommend an author. Any volunteers? > > Mike Vallee Vaultline Inc. [email protected] > 408 364 9056 > > > > > (Assuming this hasn't already been done and I am the one that is uninformed) > > > > Has anyone though of how much money some publisher could make with a > > Cisco for Dummies<tm> book? Say it runs $49.95 and is 2000 pages. It has > > every obscure use of every command in say the IP IOS or Netflow Switching > > or everything Cisco makes [depending on size here] It strikes me that > > the UniversCD and the bound/hard copy manuals [including the ones from > > the classes] are not all that useful unless you remember the approximate > > syntax of the command or that it has been expanded in the next version of > > IOS. > > > > Lots of companies make books solely elaborating on the references > > provided by the manufacturer [ala Osborne on Borland and such]. > > > > It boggles my mind to figure how many they would probably sell [one for > > every customer router?] > > > > Then again, I guess Cisco would sell it at they standard rates. $1095 for > > the 3 volume set on CD. > > > > WARNING: There is some sarcasm in this message. > > > > -Deepak. > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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