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David,
I don't know how big the 'IT Department' market is for *nix workstation management - but I would guess it isn't huge?
Where is Sun's and Novell's incentive to build a better mousetrap?
The answer might be in the outsourcing market. As business processes on IT standardize, and Web Services gather pace
(see my comment to your Blog:
12/14/2004 Sun's new $1100 thin client: Going once. Going twice...do we have any takers?)
... there will be increased pressure to see them standardize their offerings - both across the platforms managed (i.e. Windows and *nix combined) and between existing management systems.
As this would seem to require a standard, where might that come from? Open NMS, while widely supported, does not appear to have covered Windows to any useful degree...
Time to dust off SNMP, or even revive CMIS/CMIP?
I'm not holding my breath, I can hear the groans of Sun and Novell (and Microsoft, and IBM) marketeers - "Oh woe are we, for we will lose our USP!" - Posted by: Stephen Wheeler Posted on: 12/16/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
Desktop Management - Last Bastion of Proprietary Standards
Stephen Wheeler | 12/16/04
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Desktop Management?
dingletec_z | 12/16/04
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Win vs. Linux desktop management
netminder | 12/20/04
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Linux is making the same mistake
theoldman59 | 12/20/04
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IE Functionality
RobertJHull | 12/31/04
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It's broke... WE need to fix it... not Novell or Sun.
john.gruber@... | 12/21/04
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JDS
Roving_Reporter | 12/23/04
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