ABSTRACT
DMI also has some big-league support. For example, Microsoft will implement DMI in Windows 95-at least in some form, according to Chris Thomas, the DMTF evangelist. The LAN Adapter Working Group includes 3Com, IBM, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, IBM/Pennant, Lexmark, QMS, Tektronix, and Xerox. The PC Platform Working Group includes AST, Compaq, Dell, and HP.
ware and software products sit inside desktop computers as make up the physical network. Peering into desktop devices is largely a manual labor. But DMI provides a vendor-independent, software-based means of managing desktop pods of heterogeneity.
