Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:58:10 -0700
From: Dan Nuffer <yyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Martin Kirk <yyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: yyyyyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Status of the SNIA_CIMOM

Martin Kirk wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> It is becoming increasingly clear that the open source version of the 
> SNIA CIMON in the CVS repository is so far out of step with the "real 
> world" that it has little practical use. It might be a starting point 
> for a new developer, but even that seems unlikely.
> 
> Some time ago I amended the home page to indicate that the project was 
> essentially dormant. I am now proposing to amend that further. I would 
> like to change it to indicate that the code is now considered obsolete 
> and is the CVS repository remains available solely for historical 
> reasons. At the same tine I would close down the bugzilla database.
> 
> I would like to canvas opinions within the community. Is this the right 
> thing to do? Is there any follow-on open source project that we could 
> put in its place, or should we be pointing people to the Java WBEM 
> Services project?
> 

I don't care about the SNIA CIMOM, but I do use the browser. Would this 
change apply to the browser as well?

Yes, I know WBEMServices has a functionally equivalent browser (better 
in many respects), but it's quite finicky about which version of Java 
you have to use to run it, so I frequently end up just using the SNIA 
browser.

-- 
Dan Nuffer
Vintela, Inc. http://vintela.com/