Etiquette

[charon]

Dear MFGF,

Please take the time to read my post regarding the Forums Etiquette.

1) I have read the Etiquette and i dont understand. Please tell me how to read it!
2) Please hurry because its super power meta mega netezza urgent! Answer asap or ill use excel as BI tool!
3) I have searched with bing for further information on forum etiquettes and nothing usefull came out there at all...
4)  I have read the Etiquette and i dont understand. Please tell me how to read it!
5) Ah, now i get it!
6) pls check the attachment for my clients secret identity!
7) if you have questions about my secret client, pls mail me at secretcognosclient@activereportguitarmaster.com
8) ha! Almost got me. Never using dumps...at least for cognos certifications!

Thanks,

charon  :o

[Lynn]

HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

You gave me a huge laugh to start out my Friday!!! Here is an applaud from me!!

[charon]

 :D nothing is better then to start the weekend with a laugh. have a nice weekend

[MFGF]

 ;D ;D ;D

Mike, you ought to be a comedian! :)

I'm sitting chuckling away - you made my day! :)

PS - I LOVE the attachment!!! :)

[jvincenzino]

I had been out of the Cognos world since 2010, but got back in recently. I joined the "Cognos Professionals" group on Facebook, and I started seeing all these requests for certification test dumps. I really wasn't sure what they meant, though I thought (correctly, it seems) that they were requesting the real tests, and I finally decided to google, and reading here in Cognoise what I thought was confirmed.

As most people here, I find cheating on the certs despicable, and was amazed that the dumps existed in the first place. I'm a Cognos instructor and former Cognos/IBM employee, and I certified years ago, and did it by studying and using the product. Actually, IBM helped by bringing us instructors in for an intensive training seminar where we went through the course materials.

Apart from the cheating bothering me, it made me wonder about IBM's reaction, and if they've done anything to counter it? Or is it just so prevalent in the certification test world that you can't do anything about it? It certainly defeats the purpose of certification which was supposed to serve as some proof to prospective employers of the degree of knowledge of a job candidate.

Thanks for letting me rant.

[MFGF]

I'm a Cognos instructor and former Cognos/IBM employee, and I certified years ago, and did it by studying and using the product. Actually, IBM helped by bringing us instructors in for an intensive training seminar where we went through the course materials.

Was that the session held in Amsterdam? If so, I was at the session, presenting and coaching - you may well have been "muppeted" :)

MF.

[jvincenzino]

nope, not Amsterdam. that might have been much more fun. this was in 2008, I believe, at the original Cognos, inc. northeast headquarters.

[MFGF]

nope, not Amsterdam. that might have been much more fun. this was in 2008, I believe, at the original Cognos, inc. northeast headquarters.

Around the same timeframe, then. I'm guessing the Americas went to Ottawa while us Europeans went to Amsterdam. Given the choice, I would have chosen Ottawa every time! :)