[c-nsp] Feedback on upcoming removal of FTP access to secured software

Peter Rathlev peter at rathlev.dk
Wed Sep 15 17:05:06 EDT 2010


On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 13:43 -0700, Seth Mattinen wrote:
> On 9/15/2010 13:32, Asbjorn Hojmark - Lists wrote:
> > Active service contracts, yes that's what they're doing. (They have
> > informed us partners). It doesn't have to be SMARTnet contracts,
> > though.
> 
> How would this work for old unsupported equipment?

They'll sell you a nice warm IBLM report, convincing you to buy loads of
new-and-improved[0] equipment to replace you old malfunctioning[1]
equipment.

And the report is free[2].

-- 
Peter

[0]: "new-and-improved" in this context means "more expensive", "more
buggy software" and "less built-in features". And "smaller buffers".

[1]: "malfunctioning" in this context means proven design with
well-known failure modes and failure frequencies that does what it's
supposed to do.

[2]: Except you have to pay for them to actually make the report. (I
havn't figured out what the "free" thing is then.)




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