[Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 SIP Images

[Brian Cuthie]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Roderick Montgomery
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 4:15 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 SIP Images
>
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> ###
> ### Hardware != Software
> ###
> 
> Cisco IOS Software, phone firmware, etc. is normally bundled 
> with hardware at the time of purchase, because, frankly, the 
> hardware isn't really of much use without software. You may 
> resell the hardware (which, looking at eBay, happens 
> frequently), but the software license DOES NOT transfer from 
> one end user to another. There are only a few exceptions to 
> this rule, such as for business affiliates, mergers, 
> acquisitions, lease buyouts, and outsourcing arrangements.

Frankly, this is a horrible policy. It's designed to eliminate the market
for used gear so that vendors can force people to buy new equipment.
Frankly, anyone with this business model should be ashamed. And anyone
buying equipment under such circumstances should beware. The assets they
think they're purchasing today have substantially less value than they think
since they can't effectively resell them when they're no longer needed.

-brian