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Re: Cisco and the tobacco industry

  • From: Dan Hollis
  • Date: Fri Jul 29 05:30:49 2005

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:

> 
> Hey, Dan...
> 
> What's that they say abou 800 lb. Gorillas...
> 
> :-)
> 
> - ferg
> 
> -- Daniel Golding <[email protected]> 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