[j-nsp] Thanks for all the fish

[Forrest Christian (List Account)]

On Tue, Jan 9, 2024, 4:22 AM Mark Tinka via juniper-nsp <
juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net> wrote:

> There is no shortage of cheap ports. The issue is how useful those ports
> are beyond just "speed".
>

I find it frustrating that things one would expect to be included in any
layer 3 switch has become additional revenue opportunities.

"The switch hardware is $x.  Oh you want the software too?  Oh,  that's an
additional cost.   L3 switching?  Oh,  that's an extra feature.  OSPF? Oh
that's not included with the L3 license so that will be extra too. Oh and
by the way,  you aren't buying a perpetual license anymore so be sure to
pay us the fees for all the software functionality every year".

Yes I know the above isn't completely 100% accurate but it definitely is
how it seems anymore.

I get charging extra for advanced features,  but when basic features that
pretty much everyone wants and uses becomes an add-on and not perpetual,
it tends to make me start looking for a different vendor.