Tools

[bmanning () karoshi com]

> > Too many features layered on a single tool. Haq the tool
> > and the dependencies will cripple your service offering.
>
> LDAP is not a tool, it is a protocol that can be used by many tools to 
> communicate in the same way that many servers (BIND, NSD, DJBDNS, MS-DNS, 
> QuickDNS) can use the DNS protocol to communicate with countless clients 
> (Netscape, sendmail, ...).

        tool in the generic sense. too many things that depend on 
        LDAP for proper functioning -will- make LDAP a tempting
        target.

> Once this begins to provide benefit in North America, the rest of the 
> world will soon follow.

        presuming facts not in evidence.

> --Michael Dillon