The Dude's Blog (3)

How not to help people?

So you just get home from another 16 hour day, your 6th in a row. You grab some food, sit on the couch to start to decompress in front the TV, when the phone rings. Now you know there is about a 50% chance it’s a telemarketer, someone conducting a survey, or a religious nut. And a 10% chance it’s a friend just wanting to talk football or just to catch up. Then if my math is right, that leaves about 40% chance that it’s your best friend (or Mom, brother, neighbor, or that dude down the street th… Continue

Added by The Dude on November 26, 2008 at 3:56pm — 6 Comments

Somthing stinks at Cbeyond

In case you’re not familiar with Cbeyond, they are a VoIP telecom services provider for small businesses in many large markets in the US. Unfortunatly in practice they resemble that white belt wearing, cigar smoking used car salesman in that not so great part of town. He'll… Continue

Added by The Dude on November 19, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Why I hate Cisco

If you’re in the IT world, maybe you’ve heard the old adage, “No one ever got fired for buying Cisco”. In many circles, that is absolutely still the case, but at what cost? Cisco is without a doubt the 800lbs gorilla in the data center, but why? To many people they have a seemingly unassailable reputation. And there is the simple fact nowadays that Cisco makes just about everything network related, so if standardization is part of your plan, then Cisco is an easy choice. Many of their products… Continue

Added by The Dude on November 18, 2008 at 5:32pm — 6 Comments