20 Apr
2005
20 Apr
'05
11:17 p.m.
From the article:
Using MOM to oversee the Solaris box occurred via the WS-Management Web services standard, meaning that no special software was needed for the management program to identify the Windows machine. A reverse demonstration could also have been done. "Just as easily, Solaris could manage a Windows box using the same protocol," said Bob Kelly, Microsoft's general manager of infrastructure server marketing.
I don't know much about this technology, but the first thing that comes to mind is, damn, that's pretty cool. What are other people's thoughts on this? I can't really see how this is a bad thing. Better interoperation between MS and open source software is surely a bonus to both sides?