So is $700 the real cost of the test? At the networkers session it was mentioned that the exam would be priced similarly to the CCIE practical Lab? I would assume the $700 will be for those whom have participated in the written beta?
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Flimflam Sham
Really, doesn't anybody want to come to terms with these pseudo-sales programs? They're nothing more than "shiny merit badges" for the geek designed to push more over-priced Cisco gear. Essentially, they're very efficient at fork-lifting your entire network and having your feel real good about it.
RE: Flimflam Sham
If you have seen the demo of the practical you might not be so ignorant, but this test is in no way shape or form related strictly to Cisco network design. Could it be possible that multiple vendors products use similar routing protocols? The level of network design that is being tested against is at a high level in which product selection really doesn't come into play. The only exception is that Cisco has included some of their proprietary protocols/features into the exam content (i.e. EIGRP). At the end of the day a good network engineer can design a network that can be implemented accross multiple vendor platforms.
In the future you should come up with a better reason to knock the CCDE before wasting other's time with your posts.
Who's the sham?
Certification from every vendor is tied to sales in some aspect. Sorry if your head has been buried in the sand, but nobody is coming up with a sham about it.
Logic tells you that the more comfortable and familiar you are with a vendor, the more likely you are to use their products. But that doesn't make the certifications bad.
Especially this one. I'm guessing you haven't had much luck with any of the certification exams so far! In that case, they'll all seem like a sham!
Sorry to say that Linksys and D-Link don't offer any certifications. :)
Scott
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