NetAdmin + sales on NANOG like places.

Wed Mar 17 20:19:54 UTC 2004

** Reply to message from Gerald <gcoon at inch.com> on Wed, 17 Mar 2004
14:22:25 -0500 (EST)

> On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote:
> 
> <SNIP INTRO & SALES BLURB>
> 
> > I look forward to talking to you soon.
> 
> > Jonathan M. Slivko             jslivko at invisiblehand.net
> > Sales/Network Operations       Invisible Hand Networks, Inc.
> 
> I am currently doing a little of both sales/network admin at my company
> which competes directly with Jonathan's in the NYC market. I have some ?s
> about (network admins + sales people) for nanog folk:
> 
> - As much as I sympathize with JS's desire to get his company name
> and information out, is this kind of E-mail encouraged/discouraged on
> NANOG? (AUP: "Blatant product marketing is unacceptable." Does this fit?)
> 
> 
> 
> Would NANOG as a group agree (I know...you can laugh now.) that requests
> made here for suggestions are more often looking for technical people that
> have purchased from a company than a slightly biased sales pitch from the
> company you work for?
> 
> I'm not an anti-capitalist, but I do like to attempt to keep the SNR down
> and if companies force sales hats to the networking staff this will become
> much more prevalent. Jonathan this isn't intended to offend you either, so
> I hope you don't take it that way.
> 

Not that I'm any sort of PTB here (or pretty much anywhere), but I
would prefer that sales pitches of the type referenced be taken off
list. 

So if we're polling & trolling, that's my opinion.

-- 
Jeff Shultz
Loose nut behind the wheel. 