I agree with John: I don't see a piracy issue here. We've got 50,000 systems out there already, and I don't see why home users would be more likely to try to steal something than the people who already have access to those 50,000 systems. Plus we've got the Data ONTAP simulator which we are letting lots of folks have.
I would like to support any move in this direction, I would also be interested in knowing what the correct path is for getting access to the ONTAP simulator is.