Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 10:12:18 -0700
From: Dan Nuffer <yyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Patil, Bapu" <yyyyyyyyyy@xxxxxx>
CC: yyyyyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Kirk <yyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Status of the SNIA_CIMOM

Thanks! I didn't realize that Pegasus had a newer version of the 
browser. It looks like a good improvement.

Patil, Bapu wrote:
> Hello Dan,
> 
> A Client side implementation of SNIA source is also available in Pegasus
> source base.
> This does include SNIA CIMBrowser. 
> 
> The following PEPs list the enhancement made to the Client source:
>  http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/3314/PEP64_Java_CIMClient.htm
>  
> http://www.openpegasus.org/pp/uploads/40/5055/PEP125_JavaClient_Enhancem
> ents.htm
> 
> And the source for this is in Pegasus CVS source base at
> pegasus/src/Java  
>  (   http://cvs.opengroup.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pegasus/src/Java/ )
> 
> 
> -----
> Bapu Patil
> Hewlett-Packard Company
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Nuffer [mailto:yyyyyyy@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:58 AM
> To: Martin Kirk
> 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/