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To: StockMan who wrote (3198)	12/16/1997 2:11:00 PM
From: StockMan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6980

FYI, network mgmt software for RAS. biz.yahoo.com

To: StockMan who wrote (3198)	12/16/1997 7:22:00 PM
From: Eugene	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6980

I have my suspicion that some of the press releases around Web/Java based management are simply PR fluff, and that there's a certain amount of "me too-ism" around a trendy new technology. On the other hand, there are some real benefits of using Java/HTTP, which I don't deny: you write the application once, and it runs on any Java virtual machine - no more writing a version for Windows, for the Mac, and for the various flavors of Unix. At the same time as interacting with a network device, you could be pulling HTML help pages from your hard disk, or from the vendor's web site. The fact is that there is a market for GUI-based management tools, and a market for command line interfaces. The less experienced network managers will naturally use the GUI; the rocket scientists and professional installers will go for the command line every time. eu.