> The conspiratorial part of my brain says these network device makers intentionally provide unreliable software and terrible documentation to bolster their support contract profits.
As a dev who has worked at one of the major networking vendors, I can assure you that is the not the case. You’d be surprised by how major bugs are handled internally, especially if the bug affects “important” customers.
As a dev who has worked at one of the major networking vendors, I can assure you that is the not the case. You’d be surprised by how major bugs are handled internally, especially if the bug affects “important” customers.