[82812] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cisco and the tobacco industry
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Fri Jul 29 05:30:05 2005
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 02:29:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
To: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Cc: dgolding@burtongroup.com, <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050728.190807.28669.171539@webmail18.lax.untd.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
>
> Hey, Dan...
>
> What's that they say abou 800 lb. Gorillas...
>
> :-)
>
> - ferg
>
> -- Daniel Golding <dgolding@burtongroup.com> wrote:
>
> Cisco's conduct in this case may or may not be improper - we'll have to wait
> for a little more information. From a PR point of view, they probably should
> have let things ride and allowed the Blackhat talk to occur. They look like
> bullies now, which is never good. Hindsight is 20/20, though.
>
> That being said, their policy of offering free updates for certain bug fixes
> to those who don't pay them for support is generous. See that hand feeding
> you? Don't bite it.
>
>
what about cisco's policy of sabotaging ebay sales and harassing used
equipment resellers? the food that hand is feeding you is loaded with rat
poison.
-Dan
