At the end of the day if a business (or whatever) buys a bit of Cisco gear, who is going to be making money? Chances are Cisco are in for a 'windfall' somewhere along the line whether it's a licence/feature upgrade, a module or WIC purchase or (now that the business has taken the Cisco plunge) they buy new gear from an actual Cisco re-seller with all the bells and whistles.And lets be clear, I do not condone illegal file sharing of any kind but come on, lets elevate the thinking beyond the actual small print and live in the real world. Cisco also makes a simulator that works very well as a. I'll bet Cisco bank on getting more sales from 'on-boarding' Cisco acolytes than they would if they were seen to be harsh with people who, at the end of the day are likely to recommend and use MORE Cisco kit and not less.The same goes for the 'un-official' re-sellers. However, GNS3 is not a Cisco product, and cannot provide you with the IOS images for legal reasons. I wonder what does harm and what does good from Cisco's perspective.Does Cisco come down hard on the little guy trying to get his CCNA? That little guy is going to pay for his CCNA (and maybe a CCNP) and chances are he'll be drinking at least some of the Cisco kool-aid for the rest of his networking life.
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