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Re: TSM 3.7 GUI Admin - did I miss something?

1999-10-08 13:27:55
Subject: Re: TSM 3.7 GUI Admin - did I miss something?
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 13:27:55 -0400
As others noted, the cessation of GUI development portended the demise
of the GUIs as we knew them, which is a shame.  Going to a web-based
GUI was obviously a cost-cutting measure whose goal was to help the
vendor, not the customer.  Web browser interaction is clumsy and slow,
and is a poor substitute for a serious administration tool.

What I think would help everyone is if a full-blown admin API were
provided so that customers could tailor interfacing to their own needs,
much as the SQL interface provides flexible look-see into the *SM
database.  For that matter, perhaps the SQL interface could be
extended.  In any case, the problematic web-based interface just
doesn't cut it.
   Richard Sims, BU