Heh, I just wrote something similar... that's what I get for playing catch up while on vacation...
We had to pay a license fee to enable the additional ports already present on our Brocade FC switch.... -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 5:08 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Intel wants to charge to unlock features already on your CPU > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > What's old is new again. > > This was done way back when with the 486 line. > > I'm told IBM did this back in the 1960s or 70s. Friend told a story where, in > order to "install" the "CPU upgrade" they had purchased, an IBM System > Engineer came out and *cut a wire* in the CPU cabinet. > > These days, it's standard operating procedure in the world of phone > systems to buy "more ports", which really just means entering a key code to > enable the facilities which are already there. > > "There is nothing new under the sun." (from Ecclesiastes 1:9-14, reportedly > written about 2250 years ago) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt- > software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
