Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!netsys!vector!nobody From: chip@vector Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: IBM Sells Rolm To Siemens AG Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 88 20:20:12 GMT Sender: chip@vector.UUCP Lines: 16 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Originally-From: harvard!cs.utexas.edu!vector!chip (Chip Rosenthal) X-Submissions-To: telecom@bu-cs.bu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 8, issue 201, message 2 telecom@bu-cs.BU.EDU (TELECOM Moderator) writes in v08i0200m01: >International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) announced on Tuesday that it >was selling its Rolm telephone equipment subsidiary to West Germany's >Siemens AG. I wonder how this will impact the future of NetView, IBM's communication network management product. My understanding is that it's roots come from SNA network managment, but IBM had big plans of establishing this as the standard for telecommunication network management. Although I have never used it, my impression is that nobody likes it but a lot of folks were moving to support it because of IBM's muscle in making it a standard. I wonder if NetView will continue to be a product, and if so, how IBM's exit from the PBX market will impact it's attempt to rally support for NetView as a standard. -- Chip Rosenthal chip@vector.UUCP | Choke me in the shallow water Dallas Semiconductor 214-450-5337 | before I get too deep.