Interesting, though I suppose that Safaricom has lots of vendor equipment apart from Cisco...<div><div dir="ltr">--<br><font color="#990000">Josiah Mugambi </font></div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Okech <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:okechjr@yahoo.com">okechjr@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Robert,<br>
This a splendid advise both to parents, teachers, industrialist and students.<br>
However, I tend to believe that the idea is not new. The question is why are people glued to vendor specific courses,<br>
Cisco has conquered the world through a superb marketing strategy. To oust them thus requires a radical strategy that I leave for the listers to deliberate on<br>
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On Fri Jun 3rd, 2011 6:07 AM PDT robert yawe wrote:<br>
<br>
>Hi Listers,<br>
><br>
>I have always said that it is wrong to train IT students on proprietary system<br>
>as is happening with Cisco training that is being offered as a career path.<br>
> Switching and routing principles are based on an open standard so students need<br>
>to have an appreciation of the technology and not a brand.<br>
><br>
>I have been having an interesting exchange with Safaricom on setting up a<br>
>connection to their SMSC where their engineers insist that the solution can only<br>
>be implemented using a Cisco router.<br>
><br>
>From this experience it is clear that most of the engineers at Safaricom have<br>
>been trained on vendor specific and proprietary standards which has denied them<br>
>the flexibility to work with none Cisco equipment.<br>
><br>
>Safaricom has been a proponent of open systems by being open to various<br>
>handsets, so it is shocking that as they move towards becoming a data service<br>
>provider they are opting to close their systems.<br>
><br>
>This attitude by Safaricom reminds me of Orange and their Livebox fiasco that<br>
>totally killed their broadband service yet all they had to do was allow any DSL<br>
>compliant equipment to be used on their network and used the funds tied in<br>
>equipment on advertising and any other activity.<br>
><br>
>I hope this is just a hiccup in their transition and that we shall see a more<br>
>open minded organisation as they move towards being a serious contender in the<br>
>corporate data provision service.<br>
><br>
>For those of you with children or relatives basing their carriers<br>
>on proprietary technologies please advice them to acquire generic education as<br>
>well otherwise they might find opportunities passing them by, its the principles<br>
>that matter.<br>
> Robert Yawe<br>
>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>
>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>
>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>
>Kenya<br>
><br>
><br>
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