[SCADASEC] Fw: Re: Counterfeit Cisco Gear and the damage caused by EBay's system

[Matthew Franz]

>
> This is a VERY real issue, and there's a major desire on the part of some
> to keep it that way, unless a company or agency comes from an engineering
> culture rather than a marketing/management/finance/culture. Technical
> issues are often viewed as being subordinant to, if not completely
> overshadowed by, business considerations, with predictable results.
>

Well in this case business, brand and security issues are in
alignment. It is in a vendors best interest to minimize "grey" market
and counterfeit offerings because that cut into their bottom line.

- mdf