[c-nsp] Licensing question for ASR9000

[Tim Warnock]

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> From: cisco-nsp <cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net> On Behalf Of Phil Bedard via cisco-nsp
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> I don’t think anyone really likes licensing.
> 
> At Cisco we tend to change the licensing too often.  We have recently brought
> back perpetual licensing for the XR based products.  SIA/RTU is used in pay as
> you grow, which some folks want to do use, but not everyone.
> 

Without turning it into a rant, the promise of support based licencing to fund support areas of cisco has definitely not materialised IMHO.