Time to gut the network - thoughts?
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
yes you can be critical 100% of the time, when you are getting advice from a PAID consultant - because come on, how often does that really happen?
Depends, if you are a company, how often is your IT guy advising you on something? Few times a day? Hundreds of times a day? It's a LOT in a normal business.
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@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
When is the last time you say an L2 unmanaged switch ad in public?
That's the whole freaking point. These people aren't going to see these ads. So they won't know to not trust the product.
Right. SO since there are no ads, there is no special concern around people trying to sell an L2 switch based on the marketing. So you get my point now. You word it strangely, though.
Why do you feel that they should distrust L2 switches? It would be unrelated to the conversation that we are having.
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
When is the last time you say an L2 unmanaged switch ad in public?
That's the whole freaking point. These people aren't going to see these ads. So they won't know to not trust the product.
Right. SO since there are no ads, there is no special concern around people trying to sell an L2 switch based on the marketing. So you get my point now. You word it strangely, though.
Why do you feel that they should distrust L2 switches? It would be unrelated to the conversation that we are having.
Is this an alternate universe? Cisco switches have been in this conversation the whole time. So again, how do you distrust your consultant when they say you should get a Cisco switch if there aren't any ads for their switches?
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Sure, but those people would have no exposure to these forums, etc to know that SANs are more often than not, a bad idea. How would they ever know that unless there were dozens of TV shows talking about just that.
Okay so apparently I gave too much credit for this statement and have to answer it again. I thought that this was just worded poorly. So the question is... since people who are non-technical don't read forums, study up or know the basics dont know that SANs are bad conceptually, how would they know that they are.... unless it's the topic of a television show warning them?
I'm lost now. Who learns about running a business from television shows? WHere did that come from if that was what was really asked?
I thought that this was on topic and meant to say "how would they know without seeing advertising for SANs" since this conversation is about how seeing ads should give you an indication of when to be wary. And since SANs are advertised to the general public like crazy, I thought that that was what was meant. Because that's who they would know. This thread gives them the answer - they don't need television shows to teach them the ways of the world, the fact that there are ads is enough to make them cautious. Then they know when to dig deeper and look to see if someone is incentived incorrectly.
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
i really think you should drop the "if it's in an ad, you should question it" and change it to - "OK Mr/Mrs consultant, thanks for this recommendation, now tell me why and who it beat out"
That's great and fine and if you have a good process for questioning every recommendation, great. But even then, you should be aware of which cases are more risky and which are less.
We know to be wary if SAN is mentioned. Does that make SAN bad? Not in the least. But we know that the chances that we are being sold something we don't need just went up one hundred fold.
Now you're into specialized cases. And specialized cases are the exact opposite from @stacksofplates original question, where the shoeshop owner is trying to get some paid advice who knows nothing about computers. If the paid consultant suggested a SAN to him, he would have NO clue if that was good or bad.
Not really, SANs are so oversold that they are sold to non-technical people directly easily half the time. Not specialized at all.
Sure, but those people would have no exposure to these forums, etc to know that SANs are more often than not, a bad idea. How would they ever know that unless there were dozens of TV shows talking about just that.
Because there are.
What TV shows? Name one that has talked about not using a SAN.
They don't, there are ads about USING a SAN. That is what makes you wary.
OH jeezz.. well then almost every product anywhere is in an ad about something.. so again, we're back to being wary of everything. lol
You are working SO hard to try to make it okay to not be wary of the most obvious dangerous cases. Why? There are clearly not ads to normal people for everything. Why are you making that statement? When is the last time you say an L2 unmanaged switch ad in public?
When was the last time I saw an ad for anything other than Cisco/Baracuda/and that other billion dollar per device networking company.. Juniper ever.. than answer is never.
I've never seen an ad for UBNT, pretty sure I've never seen an ad for Netgear or Aruba, etc... so what you're telling me is that I need be wary of the top three, but not wary of anything else - but then you're not saying that either, because you'r eONLY saying, be wary of things that are advertised..
OK yeah sure, that's helpful I guess, but I don't understand why you don't feel this implies the inverse. which you claim it doesn't imply the inverse, well Scott's probably never implied anything in his life because that would mean that people would have to make their own inferences to what he is saying, which would then be things he's not saying, so they wouldn't be allowed on the table.
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@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
When is the last time you say an L2 unmanaged switch ad in public?
That's the whole freaking point. These people aren't going to see these ads. So they won't know to not trust the product.
Right. SO since there are no ads, there is no special concern around people trying to sell an L2 switch based on the marketing. So you get my point now. You word it strangely, though.
Why do you feel that they should distrust L2 switches? It would be unrelated to the conversation that we are having.
Is this an alternate universe? Cisco switches have been in this conversation the whole time. So again, how do you distrust your consultant when they say you should get a Cisco switch if there aren't any ads for their switches?
Wow, okay I guess I see the connection that you made. But I was talking about being wary of Cisco because their brand is advertised. I've never heard of Cisco pusing an L2 unmanaged switch (maybe around 2000, no idea.) The issue is not the switch, so there isn't a reason to be wary (specifically.) The issue is what is advertised, which is the brand in this example. Do you feel that there is a reason to be wary of switching as a concept?
I'm showing why Cisco brand advertising makes it easy to be sold Cisco and we should be wary of that connection and question it. This should not lead you to question the concept of modern networkings itself. Any more than you question at the baseline.
There are insane numbers of Cisco ads. I see them constantly, and not in IT circles.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
I've never seen an ad for UBNT, pretty sure I've never seen an ad for Netgear or Aruba, etc.
Exactly. So how do you find out about them without going to this site or SW? Googling Cisco vs x doesn't help and I'll give you $100 if you can call 5 random consultants that you don't know and have one of them recommend Ubiquiti.
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
We humans aren't taught to distrust advertisements, so this logic wouldn't apply.
You say this, in a discussion where I just taught you to distrust advertising? I've been taught my whole life to distrust ads. I've always taught people to distrust ads. This is super, ultra basic being a human.
I'd call you a snowflake then.
as for you teaching me... OK I guess we'll go with that.
Maybe, but all good learning starts somewhere. But I don't buy the snowflake thing. This is such common knowledge that my wife gave you an insulting look *not knowing who said it" and couldn't believe that someone would question that this is common knowledge. This sounds like the desperate "SAMLand" arguments. What you are implying is beyond insulting to everyone. Normal people definitely know that marketing is there to sell them things and that they should be wary of what it pushes.
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
Now you need to come up with an example for your wife that you will drop on her unannounced in a few days - about some product that she doesn't know about personally, but probably had heard about and see if she questions why you recommend it.. it's pretty unlikely that she would..
But I guess that goes back to your - well she's trusted you for decades.. so she's allowed to have unquestioning faith in your recommendations withou questioning it.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
When was the last time I saw an ad for anything other than Cisco/Baracuda/and that other billion dollar per device networking company.. Juniper ever.. than answer is never.
And, therefore, in the context of marketing driven wariness, there is no reason to raise a red flag for the majority of products because there is nothing specific to worry about (don't read anything I didn't say... I kept the context carefully there for you.)
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
yes you can be critical 100% of the time, when you are getting advice from a PAID consultant - because come on, how often does that really happen?
Depends, if you are a company, how often is your IT guy advising you on something? Few times a day? Hundreds of times a day? It's a LOT in a normal business.
really? in SMB? I advise about processes, but purchases, very rarely.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
We humans aren't taught to distrust advertisements, so this logic wouldn't apply.
You say this, in a discussion where I just taught you to distrust advertising? I've been taught my whole life to distrust ads. I've always taught people to distrust ads. This is super, ultra basic being a human.
I'd call you a snowflake then.
as for you teaching me... OK I guess we'll go with that.
Maybe, but all good learning starts somewhere. But I don't buy the snowflake thing. This is such common knowledge that my wife gave you an insulting look *not knowing who said it" and couldn't believe that someone would question that this is common knowledge. This sounds like the desperate "SAMLand" arguments. What you are implying is beyond insulting to everyone. Normal people definitely know that marketing is there to sell them things and that they should be wary of what it pushes.
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
Now you need to come up with an example for your wife that you will drop on her unannounced in a few days - about some product that she doesn't know about personally, but probably had heard about and see if she questions why you recommend it.. it's pretty unlikely that she would..
But I guess that goes back to your - well she's trusted you for decades.. so she's allowed to have unquestioning faith in your recommendations withou questioning it.
That wouldn't work because 1) I have no idea what ads she sees and 2) because I"m the one paying for it, there is no incentive to sell her on it.
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
No I have never heard of these parents.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
yes you can be critical 100% of the time, when you are getting advice from a PAID consultant - because come on, how often does that really happen?
Depends, if you are a company, how often is your IT guy advising you on something? Few times a day? Hundreds of times a day? It's a LOT in a normal business.
really? in SMB? I advise about processes, but purchases, very rarely.
But we've determined before that you are not the IT manager where you are. The amount that you have to advice on that is limited as your boss is the head of IT. Her position implicitly advices the business continuously. She represents all buying, not buying, etc. for the IT department.
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@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
No I have never heard of these parents.
It's so common, I thought it was like the 50%+ situation. I know of very few parents that haven't outright stated that concern.
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@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
I've never seen an ad for UBNT, pretty sure I've never seen an ad for Netgear or Aruba, etc.
Exactly. So how do you find out about them without going to this site or SW? Googling Cisco vs x doesn't help and I'll give you $100 if you can call 5 random consultants that you don't know and have one of them recommend Ubiquiti.
Right, you should be finding out about them from a consultant in a situation where they feel that they are the right choice for you.
Are you wondering in the case where you question the consultant that is pushing them? If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one. You need a full second opinion if you are lost to that point. Which is unlikely with CIsco, but very likely with a lot of other products.
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@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Googling Cisco vs x
Googled Cisco competitors and this is the very first hit...
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2191771/data-center/cisco-s-top-10-rivals.html
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one.
And they would say Juniper, or Brocade. So again, not Ubiquiti.
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
Haven't you ever heard of all those parents that don't want their kids watching commercial television all the time for this reason? Are you aware of PBS?
No I have never heard of these parents.
It's so common, I thought it was like the 50%+ situation. I know of very few parents that haven't outright stated that concern.
about ads? Nope, never heard this.
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@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one.
And they would say Juniper, or Brocade. So again, not Ubiquiti.
Right, why is that a problem?
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@scottalanmiller said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@stacksofplates said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
@Dashrender said in Time to gut the network - thoughts?:
I've never seen an ad for UBNT, pretty sure I've never seen an ad for Netgear or Aruba, etc.
Exactly. So how do you find out about them without going to this site or SW? Googling Cisco vs x doesn't help and I'll give you $100 if you can call 5 random consultants that you don't know and have one of them recommend Ubiquiti.
Right, you should be finding out about them from a consultant in a situation where they feel that they are the right choice for you.
Are you wondering in the case where you question the consultant that is pushing them? If you literally can't find a competitor, you need to bring in a real IT consultant that is unrelated to the first one. You need a full second opinion if you are lost to that point. Which is unlikely with CIsco, but very likely with a lot of other products.
Again, this boils down to changing the actual advice, regardless of your concern that 'questioning everything' leads to to much fatigue.
