3 ms·Yeah, the yearly licensing is brutal, but it does encourage you to forklift it after a few years & upgrade.by trome 10y agoYeah, the yearly licensing is brutal, but it does encourage you to forklift it after a few years & upgrade.danudey 10y agoI'm not sure how artificial barriers to keeping the same hardware makes sense, and selling hardware that also requires licensing is a lot harder than selling e.g. Ubiquiti stuff.trome 10y agoIt only makes sense for Cisco, ultimately it is just a moneygrab.