On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 01:09:35PM -0400, Allen S. Rout wrote:

> I'll allude to a bit of logical pedantry by suggesting a google of
> 'beg the question' :)

Darn, I /thought/ I got that right. From a Google search: "If you're
not comfortable with formal terms of logic, it's best to stay away
from this phrase, or risk embarrassing yourself." Serves me right
trying to look smart. :)

> And -that- is the function folks hope to get out of the third-party
> tool, for which they're willing to sustain complexity and render up
> many dollars.

I've tried the demo version of TSMManager, and it was indeed a nice
experience to be able to fire up a report here and a graph there without
much trouble.

Our TSM environment is too small to justify that niceness, since the
Perl-code keeps everything running virtually maintenance-free. But yes,
I think there are many installations where these off-the-shelf
products really are quite benificial to have. (I guess the vendors are
quite happy with the ISC/AC-behemoth :) )

--
Jurjen Oskam

Savage's Law of Expediency:
        You want it bad, you'll get it bad.