Cisco not at ANU [was: CCNA vs 'traditional' study at college]

Felix cortex at neurofractal.org
Fri Nov 2 00:18:53 EST 2001


> I sat in on the presentation by Cisco to the Dean of Engineering and
> I.T. at the A.N.U. when they tried to sell the Cisco courses to us (ie.
> ANU trains the Cisco trainers). The Dean was very impressed. I wasn't
> (I teach the networking course at ANU). I persuaded the Dean not to get
> into it, despite the bribery^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hoffer of much Cisco gear. I
> guess they ended up going to ADFA and getting a more sympathetic
> audience there.

good stuff, Bob; stop the corporatisation of universities!

> Also, it is yet another good example of American Cultural Imperialism
[snip]

yeah, that too.  :)

--
::Felix






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