Suspect that is just a vender doing anything that they can to make a sale. Cisco has had a reputation of playing the game fair. When the market started to get flooded last year with used gear their tactic was to give good trade in's to try and keep as much off the used market as possible - a very fair tactic IMO. Also the people who are buying used pix's on Ebay are not really hurting Cisco sales much. If they were not buying the pix at a used price they would probably be buying a Sonicwall or some other less expensive firewall. In that way it is a win for Cisco.
Like you say they are not msft. That is why I don't think they would be too happy with Jason Sullivan's post about legal action. >From: "Mike Sweeney" >Reply-To: "Mike Sweeney" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: speaking of PIX clones [7:36593] >Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 01:38:51 -0500 > >I just heard from a friend that a SonicWall rep was saying(dont you love >5th >hand news) that Cisco is planning to crack down on PIXes being resold on >Ebay by killing any and all support for them. No smartnet, no software, no >activation keys etc.. > >I personally think it is a bunch of hooyie.. The number of PIX units being >sold 2nd hand on Ebay is a grain of sand compared to national/world sales >of >new units and to expend that much effort, ill will and bad karma really >doesnt strike me as the "cisco way" of doing business. MS maybe.. but not >cisco. > >Am I off base here? even if it's a bunch of crap, it makes for some >interesting thoughts.. whats next? no support for used routers? switches ? >talk about killing the goose that lays golden eggs.. > >MikeS _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=36621&t=36593 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
