[c-nsp] SmartNet coverage on Cisco's chassis-based products

[Adrian Chadd]

In fact I'd be very, very surprised if their "included 90 day limited warranty"
rort is legal in places like Australia.



Adrian

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008, Justin Shore wrote:
> Tony Varriale wrote:
> > Are they cheaper once you buy the software license?  Let's not forget, 
> > the software license is not transferrable.
> > 
> > That's a typical oops not only in this method but from 3rd party resellers.
> 
> This may be blasphemy here but I'm really surprised that no one has ever 
> taken the big C to court on this particular issue because C would almost 
> certainly lose.  Microsoft fought that battle against people selling the 
> copy of Windows that came bundled with their PC or their PC and OS when 
> they bought a new model.  MS lost and set a perfect precedent.  The 
> courts found that the Doctrine of first sale does apply to OSs and 
> bundled software.  (see Softman v. Adobe)   Just because C calls it a 
> license doesn't mean that it actually is.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine_(patent)
> 
> Not that I want to take on the Big C.  It is something that I've 
> wondered about for years.  If MS, Adobe and others were slapped down by 
> the courts on this very thing then why not the Big C?
> 
> Justin
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