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10-16-2003, 04:26 PM
ewitte

Cisco

They have to be one of the most paranoid companies out there. I needed an immediate update to software that ONLY works if you own their hardware. Instead I ended up registering as a "registered guest" that still has no DL rights. Now I have to wait for the president of the company to verify that I'm associated with them :mad: And leave the clients house with the machine not working. What happens if I was not able to be associated with a reseller? I just forget about the expensive piece of hardware that no longer works or pay for tech support?

Eric
10-16-2003, 04:37 PM
ua549

The issue is that many of the Cisco software licenses do not transfer to a second owner. There is a big demand for updated software to be illegally installed in used equipment.
10-16-2003, 04:43 PM
ewitte

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Originally posted by ua549
The issue is that many of the Cisco software licenses do not transfer to a second owner. There is a big demand for updated software to be illegally installed in used equipment.

Its actually just the VPN client. No firmware or anything... which I believe they make you pay for. Unless it upgrades the functionality of the hardware a company should not do this.

Eric
10-16-2003, 06:21 PM
freedon

Is there open source for these kinds of things??
10-17-2003, 02:12 AM
Isezumi

Quote:

Originally posted by freedonX
Is there open source for these kinds of things??

Not by a long shot and a half...