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Cisco wants it both ways with open source

I've written before that Cisco has aggressively been adopting open source for its hardware products, in addition to its push to promote Linux at Microsoft's expense.

What's particularly interesting (and frustrating) in Cisco's adoption of open source, however, is its apparent efforts to benefit from open source without taking any responsibility for the included open source.

For example, Cisco's Wireless Control System includes this lengthy list of open-source components in its EULA...

Dojo Apache Struts Java FTP Server Apache HTTP Server Apache Commons Apache Log4J Apache Taglib Apache Tomcat Poor Man's Imaging Wrapper (PMIW) … Read more

Why should a customer care about IP assurance?

Savio Rodrigues asks this question over at InfoWorld with regard to Microsoft shoving it into a deal between it, Renault, and Novell, stating:

[W]hy should a customer care about IP assurance? IP indemnification is a vendor issue, just like ensuring environmental rules or workplace safety regulations are being adhered to. It's a disgrace that vendors have made indemnification a customer concern.

I could not agree more. Yet it is the number one legal issue I deal with, and it's not just an open-source thing.… Read more