Hmm.  I'm in the opposite boat.  I am currently working on
a private Cisco router for a customer.

Cisco wants a lot of $$$ to fix their falty IOS software.
Furthermore, his router is "end of life"ed -- meaning that
he can not update the IOS on it after getting a support
contract.  He has to replace this otherwise functional
router with a new model, and then purchase a support
contract to get the IOS updates he will need.

This is going to end up costing more than the original
cost of this router just to fix a buggy IOS.

>>Cisco is one exception, and possibly the
>>best example of a company that puts everything possible out in the
>>public domain without requiring high support costs.


I think it all comes down to the bottom line for share holders
for most of these companys.  I am a shareholder, and I can
somewhat understand this thinking.


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