On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote:
> Kevin Horn wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: >> >> >> The CIM_ classes represent the DMTF Common Information Model [1], >>> the structure on which WMI is based. In principle other manufacturers >>> could implement WMI -- or whatever they would want to call it -- but >>> as far as I am aware, no-one has. >>> >>> >>> >>> Somewhat tangential to the conversation, but WBEM/CIM is available for >> Linux, Mac OS X, some Unices, and Netware: >> >> http://www.openwbem.org/ >> >> In case anyone is interested. >> > > Interesting: is it widely used / known / supported, do you know? > > [Absolutely no axe to grind: just interested as I've never seen > it put forward when anyone asks "How do I ...?" on one of those > platforms] > > TJG > > Well, I don't really know from personal experience, I just recalled having found it a while back, I thought it might be useful for a project that never ended up happening. From the web page, it's maintained by a company called Quest Software, Novell is a contributor and apparently uses it in SUSE SLES 10, Apple Remote desktop is listed as using it. Makes me think it's probably pretty solid, though as I said, I've never used it myself. Kevin Horn
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