....Maybe there is a valid reason why the restoration of the mer is impossible, but if so that reason has never been made public. .....
So because you have not been witness to a valid reason, you just throw out your own?
...It's too good of an excuse to strongarm their customers into buying the new terminals
I hope that was just in frustration. They had a Genius Webinar talking about support of PanelView+ applications and mitigation strategies and such back in Feb or March. I would encourage you to check it out. Lots of good stuff was talked about. I'm always humored when people resort to: "Company A is just trying to screw me again" attitude.
Don't get me wrong, Rockwell jacks prices to get people to move to current platforms, and ultimately its the only way to keep things progressing because nobody likes change and the cost will make the decision easy for them. It's almost like watching those AT&T commercials with the kids at the table.