Cisco Systems pulled out of Russia: destroyed $23.42M worth of equipment

&gt; Three months later, the company refused to renew its licenses.<p>Does the equipment stop working?<p>I don’t understand how any country in the world is using equipment that can be turned off by the manufacturer. Infrastructure, communications, farming, etc. should all be run with non-revocable licenses. Make it the law.

&gt; &quot;By the end of 2022, Cisco Systems had reduced its workforce by a factor of 12 to five employees.&quot;<p>I think something got lost in translation here.

So they destroyed three routers?

Related: What&#x27;s the current status of iOS and Android devices in Russia? Are they still getting updates?

This is very bizarre. All sanctions have carve-outs for exactly the Cisco products (so that customers can always safely get online!) Now it will all get replaced with Huawei products. How is this better?

Why not ship them or sell them over seas instead of destroying them ?

What a waste of rare earths, minerals and metals.

Knowing Cisco&#x27;s prices, $23 M must be only like 10-20 network appliances lol.

Cuirously, Putin has been photographed with Video Conferencing gear similar to what Cisco sells, but from competitor Polycom ( now known as Poly, but made when it was Polycom )<p>I can&#x27;t imagine this is anything more than a good opportunity to cut bait and get a good pres release on the write-off

The site is ostensibly in Ukraine. This may be propaganda. It might be disinformation.<p>Just FYI.