Then why the concern for SBS people in the first place? If there is no expertise requirement, and if ISA is not part of the "standard" package, I don't understand why one would carve out SBS consultants as having "special needs" as opposed to the entire general populous having the same needs. t On 10/13/06 9:34 AM, "Jim Harrison" <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> spoketh to all: > Easy - it's not part of the requirements. > As Amy pointed out, since the majority of sales are SE, ISA is considered > small beans in the "product authority" validation. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Jim Harrison > MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG > http://isaserver.org/Jim_Harrison/ > http://isatools.org > Read the help / books / articles! > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > -----Original Message----- > From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Thor (Hammer of God) > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 08:41 > To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [isapros] Re: Jim is Missed > > How can someone be an SBS MVP without knowing anything about ISA? I mean, to > the point that these people are going to SMBNation, isn't there some slight > expectation that at least cursory due diligence has been performed on the > components of the product? Just seems odd to me. Not entirely unexpected, > but not entirely acceptable from a professional standpoint either. > > t > > > On 10/10/06 6:11 AM, "Amy Babinchak" <amy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> spoketh > to all: > > > > Some talk over on the SBS list. Jim is missed. > > There's a real thirst for ISA knowledge among SBS consultants. (That's not who > hangs out on the SBS list. That list is known widely as the cesspool.) I > attended the SMBNation conference and they did the usual gathering of the > MVP's and make them stand in front of the room and field questions. Guess who, > had to answer questions for more than half of hour allotted? Most had to do > with VPN and routing between multiple networks. Not being an SBS MVP, I > refused to get up on stage so they were forced to bring a mic out to me. > > Amy > > > > > > > > > > All mail to and from this domain is GFI-scanned. > > > >