UC560 - license counts and end-of-sale for license upgrades?

Question

One of our customers would like to keep their UC560 system in production for awhile, but we may need to add licenses.
First, with the UC560 now past end-of-sale, how long will we be able to buy license upgrades?  I could not find any information when I tried searching. It looks like the distributors are still selling L-UC-PRO-8U=.
Second, how does Cisco count the UC560 licenses?  (I'm sure I knew this when I went through the training courses.)  Here is their current license summary:
#show platform software license
License UDI                  : UC560-FXO-K9:...
Maximum User Licenses        : 40
Used User Licenses           : 24
Available User Licenses      : 16
Base License                 : 24
CSL Base License             : 16
Max number of upgrade PAK allowed: 13
In one post, I read that the license count was based on the number of ephones. Based on this report, it looks like only registered ephones are being counted. It doesn't look like floating extensions or extension mobility user profiles count against the "Used User Licenses" total.  Does that sound right?
Thanks!  -dpm

Answer 1

Adobe doesn't care, they don't have to. I like Phsotoshop and have been using it professionally for 20 years, but lets face it, I wouldnt mind some really good competition from another source. It didnt use to be the only game in town, and doesnt have to remain so.
I could brainstorm how I would want competing software to look like. Pshop is not the easiest workflow possible. Illustrator is clearly deficient to even CorelDraw, and certainly Freehand. I've been meaning to reconnect with CorelDraw. It did some cool things.
Google Chrome is pulling a lot of manoevers software wise and I hope they try to go a little deeper and give Adobe a run for their money on the one program they feel justifies unbelievable gouging. Go investigate Ableton Live if you want to see what a company that cares about its customers is doing, ADOBE. Audition is a JOKE compared to Ableton Live. Thank God we're not powned on the audio side by these suits.
The idea that a company would peddle buggy software, which CS4 was..., although some of that was Apple's fault, is bad, the upgrade prices were ridiculous, and this is the end of the road for me currently. The idea that a company would actively
push away customers is pretty incredible. "But I sent you an email!" Whoops, you gotta pay $1900 for production premium CS6! HAHAHAHAHA. Time for a YT video with my old hard copy box. Sounds like a good idea.
There are too many options on the motion graphics side, and I'll keep a static machine to run Pshop and AE CS4.
The masters of the universe will have theit way, and the rest must bow to their ambivalent greed. At least that's the way they think. It would seem that Adobe and Apple really, really want some upstarts to come up. Maybe $360 for a year to figure out an exit might work. It will be interesting to see if this hits earnings. VERY interesting.