At 01:22 PM 7/26/2007, you wrote:
Let us not forget that network vendors are now capitalising
on the
requirement to purchase expensive licensing for such
features as
native IPv6 routing and 6PE, on their mid to high end kit.
>I dont feel this sort of behaviour is helpful, I can
understand
>asking for licensing fees for L2VPN/L3VPN technologies
since these
>are products that service providers can levvy a
reasonable charge
>for, but to charge for IPv6 routing capability alone, at
the time
>where the discussion of which has never been so serious,
leaves a
>bit of a bad taste in one's mouth.
This is one reason we moved to the Foundry XMR. Their
purchase price
includes all features such as ISIS, BGP, MPLS, IPv6, etc.
Since other
vendors charge too much (imho) for licensing, some projects
like MPLS
enabling a network or moving to IPv6 will not happen right
away. New
services will not be added which will not lead to new gear
being
purchased to help keep up with the growth of new services.
If a few
engineers want to play with some features or add a new
service for a
single client or two as a trial, but it is a multi-million
dollar
exercise in licensing, it won't happen until there is a
business case
and by then you are following the herd and not leading it.
By that
time your people are 2-3 years behind their peers in
learning how to
implement and support the new technology and you've lost
potential
clients and services too. Just my $.02.
-R
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