| It is also important to realize the the vendor / distributor just isn't going to go away... I find it highly unlikely that the lancers are going to have partnerships with Nortel and the various other manufactures to be able to provide support to the same level.
A customer could post looking for a patch audit / patch update for a system... for the most part the patch library is a distributor / partner / COAM restricted area of Nortel and if you don't work for any of the above you probably don't have access to it... if you are employed by such an entity and have access to that resource chances are your companies COB prohibits conflict of interest engagements such as patch audits / updates for customers not under contract.
I'm not against the idea but I doubt that it will phase the larger vendors... the small interconnects who thrive on MAC work might have to find their cheese if their current customer base isn't kept happy. |