[c-nsp] Unified IOS (15.x) and feature based licensing model

[Paul G. Timmins]

I think it makes my choice to use Adtran CPE well placed. Except for their lack of IPv6 support *grumble*

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From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] on behalf of Tim Franklin [tim at pelican.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 7:43 AM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Unified IOS (15.x) and feature based licensing model

> What do others think of this new paradigm?

I think the enforced licensing is going to give me a whole lot of operational pain.  Installing CPE in volume (and not even *real* residential-type volumes, I'm only talking tens per week) seems like it's going to need a big manual addition to the process to generate license keys and get them installed on the *right* CPE.

I haven't even looked into the ifs and hows of revoking them or transferring them to another box in the event of a hardware failure / swap-out.

To me, it looks horribly similar to the entertainment industry.  "We're not making enough money" leads to "someone must be taking something without paying, or we'd make as much money as is in our business plan", leads to "let's do X to ensure everyone pays".  The user experience for *legitimate customers* gets worse, and the people who are prepared to resort to illegitimate means, or get their products from somewhere else still don't hand over the "missing" money.

Regards,
Tim.
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