[INUG-Users] Netcool/OMNIbus 7.3 announced

[Jacob Steinberger]

Quoting Don Wildman <WILDMAN at uk.ibm.com>:
> Recognizing these key business needs, the new release of
> IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3 includes, as the strategic Event
> Management Desktop, the Web 2.0 based user interface previously provided
> by IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop and one component of IBM Tivoli
> Netcool/Impact V5.1.1 under a no-charge limited use license.

A few questions about this blurb.

1) Is Impact 5.1.1 usable in production now? Last I heard was the V5  
release was mostly unusable.

2) In your definition, what makes this a "Web 2.0" application? What  
technology is used that is new in Webtop that would make this term  
applicable?

3) What is no-charge limited use license? From reading that paragraph  
multiple times, it sounds like the entire suite is free if you're  
under a certain number of devices. Some clarification would be really  
appreciated.

> And yes, the native desktop is included in this release.  When you have
> had a chance to review the powerful AEL in 7.3, please let me know if
> there remain reasons why it would not make a good replacement for the
> native desktop in your environment.

Same reason since WAVE or JEL was used - it's java and slow. There's a  
lot of other technologies that could be leveraged besides java to make  
a much better (faster) interface. But this also goes back to question  
#2 - when someone says Web 2.0, they don't think of java.

Jacob