FW: RWHOIS

[Richard Jimmerson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Kosters [mailto:markk at netsol.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 2:51 PM
> To: Richard Jimmerson
> Cc: 'Muir, Ronald'; ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: RWHOIS
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 02:26:34PM -0400, Richard Jimmerson wrote:
> > ARIN has determined taking over the future support and
> > development of RWHOIS may require a complete rewrite
> > of the software. There has also been some discussion on 
> > this list about the possibility of a third reassignment 
> > option. Ginny Listman will be moving this discussion over 
> > to the dbwg at arin.net mailing list.
> 
> I don't think it needs a complete rewrite. I do however think that
> the db stuff on the backside needs to be replaced with mysql, 
> oracle, or
> something else. People can use different tools to update and 
> display info
> that resides on their database other than using rwhois or cumbersome
> text editing that is prone to error.
> 
> Mark