I don¹t think it¹s a IS vs. Cisco vs. whatever sort of thing. It¹s
someone trying to understand why the same card is much more expensive OEM.
Maybe there is something different about it. The geeks out there have
inquiring minds. Otherwise they would not have taken the time to find out
it is the same card. Maybe hardware wise it is, but has special firmware.
Maybe not. Maybe it¹s simply a ³because we can² sort of thing. I am sure
R&D went into selecting the perfect card so those costs have to be factored
in.
You have to remember the audience. Many are geeks who want to
understand why the hardware they are considering is the way it is. A good
network geek asks questions for several reasons:
1.Many managers are not idiots. They will question why they should buy
something (in this case a card) from a company when they can get it for X
amount of dollars from somewhere else. They might have a hard time
swallowing the argument ³Because the manufacturer says so² even if it is the
correct answer.
2.A good network admin will understand the parts of devices which ensure
their network is running.
Nothing reflecting on Imagestream at all from what I read. The geeks
just have inquiring minds.
Justin
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Justin Wilson <j...@mtin.net>
http://www.mtin.net/blog
Wisp Consulting Tower Climbing Network Support
From: Glenn Kelley <gl...@hostmedic.com>
Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:39:24 -0400
To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org>
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Imagestream (was Vyatta?)
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
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