Seriously, Cisco…

As a whole you’re really becoming a giant frustration. Your secure transfer protocols still aren’t VRF aware (client applications – i.e., scp) after how many years and incantations of IOS. The sole benefit I get from maintaining SmartNet contracts on equipment (software updates… TAC would be a joke, but it’s not funny) is becoming pointless, as the updates are just as broken as the software the boxes shipped with, they’ve just shuffled the bugs to new locations in the code. You finally get a system to the point where it’s just about stable, and you end-of-life it. Your supply chain is among the worst I’ve ever seen, to put it nicely. And with the last couple of generations of ISR’s, I’ve even had some doubts about the quality of the hardware. I’ve dealt with a few really sharp individuals in your organization over the years, and I hate to take anything away from them, but this slide on the whole makes me wonder if it’s just rime to find something… anything… else.