[hydrogen18]

So MegaCorp A buys a huge amount of Cisco gear to modern their internal networks in all their infrastructure.

Two years later OmniCorp B enters into a deal to add them to their portfolio for whatever price they agreed upon. OmniCorp B now owns the physical Cisco gear but doesn't have a license to use it?

[convolvatron]

how big of a customer is OmniCorp?

[hydrogen18]

Someone on the scale of Atlas Copco

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Copco