[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 
> Jon Lawrence
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:50 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 SIP Images
...
> I have no problem with the idea of paying cisco for software 
> that they write.
> In fact I have no problem with with paying for software full 
> stop. But I'd love to have enough money to sue them if that 
> software proved to have security issues or proved to be not 
> fit for purpose - eg if a phone had a bug in its 
> implementation of SIP.
> If people/companies want to charge for software fine (after 
> all it takes time/money to develop) but they should be 
> willing to take the responsibility that goes with it. Most 
> companies don't - at least if you cantact cisco with a 
> problem then they'll do their best to fix it or at least come 
> up with a work-around, which is more than a certain other 
> companies do.
> 
> Jon
> 

I don't have a problem paying for updates, even if they include bug fixes. I
write software for a living, and it's an imperfect art. My beef with Cisco
is that the software license doesn't travel with the device. Without the
license you can't buy an upgrade even if you want to.

-brian