================================================== NetHorus: an Open Source Network Management System ================================================== Introduction ------------ Thank you for downloading NetHorus. Please be aware that this is a development release from Subversion which may not even work - so keep your local source up-to-date and report bugs! NetHorus is written in Ruby using the Rails framework. The original version of NetHorus, codenamed Netman, was written in PHP and perl, later rewritten in to perl using the Catalyst framework. This is therefore the third rewrite, and a great deal has been learnt. The aim of NetHorus is to provide a non-intrusive NMS which can be run alongside other NMSes, commercial and non-commercial. Nobody likes to be backed in to a corner and forced to run a single management system! You may find it different to other systems you've used - hopefully, pleasantly different. See the file INSTALL for instructions on installing and updating this development version of NetHorus. -- Peter Hicks