[c-nsp] Suggested Time - 1pm CET + US/Eastern - Wednesday - Re: CCO Login to ftp.cisco.com hosed [was Re: FYI: SXI5 posted]

[Brian Turnbow]

> 
> But there *could* be someone out there downloading new IOS who doesn't
> have a support contract!  That's *literally* stealing food from the
> mouths of Cisco coders!
> 
> In the same way as the music, movie and software industries decide
that
> they're not selling as much as they think they should, and introduce
> various DRM measures that achieve nothing other than to inconvenience
> and alienate legitimate customers, Cisco have decided they're not
> selling as many support contracts as they think they should, and have
> introduced the New Improved Download Experience and the IOS 15
> nodelocked licence clusterfuck.
> 
> Welcome to the future...
> 

As for selling contracts they made that so easy as well....
They are now just upgrading the download experience to match.

It's a coordinated effort. First alienate partners, then customers.
Hopefully next up is management , then maybe things will change!

Brian