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Cisco has picked up a lipstick-gloss in one hand and a pig in the other, by re-launching its developer program to have another shot at attracting third party coders to its platforms. For not the first time, The Borg has hit upon the idea that getting others writing functions and applications for it is a big chunk of its future …

  1. A Non e-mouse Silver badge

    Support, support, support

    The number 1 problem with Cisco's DevNet is support.

    The developer forums are like a barren wasteland with people asking questions and no-one providing answers. No Cisco employees hang out there and few other people are able to answer questions. (Contrast this to the main support forums with plenty of helpful people and Cisco employees)

    You can log a support call with Cisco: Providing you pony up $2,000 for the entry level developer support. When you do manage to pry the credit card out of the boss's hand and log a support call, they're not fast at getting back to you. It feels like the support engineers know no more than the customer.

    Their API documentation isn't bad - except for the documents that require over 2GB of free RAM to open.

    1. Captain Scarlet Silver badge

      Re: Support, support, support

      The main problem is most people on these programs will want to make money than provide help for free.

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