Well, I'd say the network should be able to run itself. Like, just plug the wire in, and it works. I do not see any _technical_ reason why it shouldn't be like that. Now, back to the regular Yet Another Useless Feature Sold To Us By OFRV discussions :) --vadim On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 20:40:36 MST, Pete Kruckenberg <pete@kruckenberg.com> said:
What would be the network operations equivalents to revered business tomes like "The Practice of Management", "Seven Habits of Highly Successful People", "The G.E. Way" (and a variety of others that populate the shelves of your friendly local executive)?
We still don't know enough about how to actually run a network to have luminaries. The occasional bright candle, maybe. Right now, most of the suits are still trying to figure out why the non-suits think the suits "Just Dont Get It" (the PHB syndrome).
Unfortunately, the Adams brothers (Scott and Douglas) seem to have quite a bit of relevance (or more importantly - a large percentage of the people working in *your* trenches *think* they have relevance).
And both authors share the trait that they tend to be much more an entertaining read than anything labeled a 'tome' ;)
/Valdis
P.S. Yes, I know about the incorrect genealogical term 2 paragraphs back. ;)