[c-nsp] is a DWDM SFP a DWDM SFP?

[Buhrmaster, Gary]

> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Gert Doering

> Actually, what Cisco did is *create* a market for counterfeit optics.

What the BU's did was create a market for grey market
(aka counterfeit) optics, memory, flash devices....

I have asserted before that what Cisco *should* have
done for these commodity parts is establish a certification
program where vendors could "pay to play" for validation
and get a "cisco certified" stamp and let the vendors/market
determine the pricing for these commodity components.
(That too would be an imperfect solution, but it is better
than what we have.)

Unfortunately it appears that instead the BU's put in
the 400% markup for commodity components into their
business plans (Profit!!!) and pricing lists.

The results (grey market/counterfeit) should have been
expected.  Maybe the BU managers missed that day in
business school.

Gary