And if you do have a used Cisco and you need some help, guess what? They'll usually do their best to help you! They figure down the road, you're going to need to upgrade and purchase more of their equipment, licenses, etc. Leave the customer (or future customer) with warm fuzzies, and they'll come back.
What a concept. Randy David E. Smith wrote: > Jesse Preiner wrote: > > >> I just know that we and many companies like us would have been sued by >> Cisco and other manufactures long ago and a secondary market would not >> exist. >> > > So you actually don't have any documentation that resale of Cisco gear > transfer the IOS license, thus making the gear usable (in Cisco's eyes) > to the second-hand buyer. Gotcha. > > While I believe they'd be in the legal right to start shutting down eBay > auctions and resale businesses, they know it'd be a PR nightmare. > > Cisco likely turns a blind eye to this sort of thing for the same reason > many software companies are somewhat ambivalent about the rampant piracy > of their software. They don't lose that much in real sales (John Q. > Highschooler wasn't about to spend $1000 on Photoshop anyway), and if he > has a talent for art and gets a Real Job, it's very likely his employer > will insist on using properly-licensed software instead of that pirated > copy that came with a keygen and a bonus Trojan. > > David Smith > MVN.net > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Randy Cosby Vice President InfoWest, Inc work: 435-773-6071 email: rco...@infowest.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/randycosby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
