Welcome to Capitalism. The Vendor can charge and support what they want. We as the purchaser can decide to simply go w/ the flow they set ... OR ... buy elsewhere.
While I personally believe companies like vYatta, PFSense, and others who give a list of supported hardware are wise in their approach - There is nothing wrong w/ how ImageStream is doing their model. Simple - if you don't like it - don't buy it. I would venture to say that those on the list who are complaining most do not have an ImageStream solution in place. There are alternatives - That being said - from what I have seen ImageStream seems to be an awesome solution - but some people like apples - other oranges. Some will only use cisco - others will use IS others will use vyatta and others who knows what -- I cannot blame any company for not supporting another companies hardware - and while I think the warranty voidance is crappy - I can more than understand the policy. If you had a client that installed a Cat 3 cable in place - vs cat 6 to the unit on the side of the house - thinking they were fixing it... would you not charge for the service call? What about the client that replaces it w/ cat 5 but crimps the ends wrong... It is hard to support what is not your own. Can't fault them - and if your not happy then simply buy something else -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
