Very good point...I did it that way because the students first are more familiar with DOS than UNIX...it's kind of the same analogy from mathematics that most people do not understand algebra until they get through calculus...that is backwards too. Nice catch!
Keep reading...that is the stuff for the section on "Networking Fundamentals." MPLS? Come on...this is a CCNA book...that comes later in CCNP...there are tons of books out there at the CCNP and CCIE level some are good and most are bad...not too many people try to write the entry level stuff because you have such a wide audience with such a variety of learning styles...you really have to cover all the bases...later on you will see some more fun stuff like writing a pseudo-protocol inspector using ACL's and closing security holes with ACLS...that certainly does not appear in Cisco's curriculum. I do appreciate the comments...the new book has the same stuff for 95/98 because a lot of schools still use them, but I have also added a section on Windows 2K/ME/XP and one on using Knoppix. Hey, I had to start somewhere. Input is what will make this "ok" book even better! Thanks again!
I have in in PDF on http://www.lulu.com/learningbydoing and in Word form on my website http://www.spjc.edu/star/cisco/Matt/list_of_curren t_papers_and_brief.htm
Plus other people have been putting up either mirrors of it or putting it on their website for downloading. In my email responses I have been adding those sites in case lulu or my website is slow (as they have been all day)...if you want me to put your site down as a mirror then just send it to me and I will do it. Thanks again Matt
No they couldn't...(at least I don't think so) the newest version of the DMCA has exclusions for educational institutions...even still those are my thoughts on the routers and how to do the instructions, not cisco's word for word instructios...If Cisco did do that they would effectively have to take on the whole publishing industry...which would not be wise for them to do...Besides...you sue people to get money and I don't have any...so what would be the point?
I do things very differently (ie. make sense)...but you do raise a rather interesting question and actually it would be fun to see what happens if I get sued under the DMCA...I have a couple of friends at Harvard Law School that love to take those types of cases Pro-bono just to see them to their end. A very excellent point and who really knows who is right? There is right and wrong, and then there is legally sound and not legally sound. Thanks for the post! Matt
Nope sorry...interesting idea though...I took a stand for students everywhere...just like petroleum companies are pricing up gas so too are publishers pricing up textbooks. Someone had to do it.
Because the schools are having to rely more and more on self-sustinance. They have to become in reality "for-profit" agencies. The only trouble is they are forgetting about the best interests of the students. I did this as a wake up call, pure and simple...besides, I agree, it should be free to students. The really good teacher/administrators should be able to find grants to pay for equipment. Plus, if they design their curriculum correctly they won't need much of it...my entry-level computer security program has been very well received and received some complaints also...eh, long live open source!
Yes...no problem...the one on my website is a word doc...the one on Lulu.com/learningbydoing is a PDF file...plus the newest version will be available in a PDF file too. Thanks for the offer! Matt (Mr. is my dad)
That's actually a bit of a misquote...the people who come here are expected to know their way around a desktop and the internet...those are both very vital skills to succeed. We do tell them to go take the entire AS degree plan too...the A+, MCP, 2 courses in Linux, the CCNA and the CCNP (plus gen ed stuff)...Matt
Thanks guys...I am not a lawyer but have spent several years studying copyright and internet law...I even got the opportunity to lead a session at Harvard Law School one summer. Heck, one of the professors there, Johnathon Zittrain, even downloaded the book...he's an old-school chat room moderator turned internet lawyer...he and his colleagues have even taking pro-bono work to fight for open source rights. I think I have sufficiently covered my assets with respect to the book...it has actually been out for three years and I haven't heard anything so far. Besides I put some really specific phrases in there that help cast aside their chances. Thanks again. I will go out and read all the posts too. You should see the one on www.macpro.se that appeared in swedish! Gratis lärobok för Ciscos kurser Thanks again Matt
PS if you download the book shoot me an email and let me know where you are located...I am keeping track on a map. Bashamm@spcollege.edu
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Very good point...I did it that way because the students first are more familiar with DOS than UNIX...it's kind of the same analogy from mathematics that most people do not understand algebra until they get through calculus...that is backwards too. Nice catch!
Keep reading...that is the stuff for the section on "Networking Fundamentals." MPLS? Come on...this is a CCNA book...that comes later in CCNP...there are tons of books out there at the CCNP and CCIE level some are good and most are bad...not too many people try to write the entry level stuff because you have such a wide audience with such a variety of learning styles...you really have to cover all the bases...later on you will see some more fun stuff like writing a pseudo-protocol inspector using ACL's and closing security holes with ACLS...that certainly does not appear in Cisco's curriculum. I do appreciate the comments...the new book has the same stuff for 95/98 because a lot of schools still use them, but I have also added a section on Windows 2K/ME/XP and one on using Knoppix. Hey, I had to start somewhere. Input is what will make this "ok" book even better! Thanks again!
Would you mind if I added this to my information when people request it? Thanks Matt
I have in in PDF on http://www.lulu.com/learningbydoing and in Word form on my website http://www.spjc.edu/star/cisco/Matt/list_of_curren t_papers_and_brief.htm
Plus other people have been putting up either mirrors of it or putting it on their website for downloading. In my email responses I have been adding those sites in case lulu or my website is slow (as they have been all day)...if you want me to put your site down as a mirror then just send it to me and I will do it. Thanks again Matt
Thanks! The sites are swamped and hard to get anything from right now. Matt
No they couldn't...(at least I don't think so) the newest version of the DMCA has exclusions for educational institutions...even still those are my thoughts on the routers and how to do the instructions, not cisco's word for word instructios...If Cisco did do that they would effectively have to take on the whole publishing industry...which would not be wise for them to do...Besides...you sue people to get money and I don't have any...so what would be the point?
I do things very differently (ie. make sense)...but you do raise a rather interesting question and actually it would be fun to see what happens if I get sued under the DMCA...I have a couple of friends at Harvard Law School that love to take those types of cases Pro-bono just to see them to their end. A very excellent point and who really knows who is right? There is right and wrong, and then there is legally sound and not legally sound. Thanks for the post! Matt
Nope sorry...interesting idea though...I took a stand for students everywhere...just like petroleum companies are pricing up gas so too are publishers pricing up textbooks. Someone had to do it.
Because the schools are having to rely more and more on self-sustinance. They have to become in reality "for-profit" agencies. The only trouble is they are forgetting about the best interests of the students. I did this as a wake up call, pure and simple...besides, I agree, it should be free to students. The really good teacher/administrators should be able to find grants to pay for equipment. Plus, if they design their curriculum correctly they won't need much of it...my entry-level computer security program has been very well received and received some complaints also...eh, long live open source!
Yes...no problem...the one on my website is a word doc...the one on Lulu.com/learningbydoing is a PDF file...plus the newest version will be available in a PDF file too. Thanks for the offer! Matt (Mr. is my dad)
That's actually a bit of a misquote...the people who come here are expected to know their way around a desktop and the internet...those are both very vital skills to succeed. We do tell them to go take the entire AS degree plan too...the A+, MCP, 2 courses in Linux, the CCNA and the CCNP (plus gen ed stuff)...Matt
Thanks guys...I am not a lawyer but have spent several years studying copyright and internet law...I even got the opportunity to lead a session at Harvard Law School one summer. Heck, one of the professors there, Johnathon Zittrain, even downloaded the book...he's an old-school chat room moderator turned internet lawyer...he and his colleagues have even taking pro-bono work to fight for open source rights. I think I have sufficiently covered my assets with respect to the book...it has actually been out for three years and I haven't heard anything so far. Besides I put some really specific phrases in there that help cast aside their chances. Thanks again. I will go out and read all the posts too. You should see the one on www.macpro.se that appeared in swedish! Gratis lärobok för Ciscos kurser Thanks again Matt PS if you download the book shoot me an email and let me know where you are located...I am keeping track on a map. Bashamm@spcollege.edu