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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'd like to try and resolve some of
the (unfortunate) differences we are having regarding Charter, Scope, Requirements.
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">From what I can decipher, there is a
well established interest in solving the problem "I've been getting
at my (device) management data remotely, within my enterprise just
fine... but, now, how can I access it across the firewall" (maybe
to provide services to multiple enterprises etc.). </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Others also want to solve... "...
and what is the standard protocol and data model that lends itself to the
web services environment that may be employed by proxy servers and/or directly
in the embedded device".</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Of course, we will have legacy SNMP
devices to manage for quite some time but I don't think the current existence
of SNMP is the answer to the 2nd question. </font>
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Harry Lewis <br>
IBM Printing Systems <br>
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