7. Acknowledgements

This memo was influenced by three sets of contributors to earlier drafts:

First, Lee Labarre of the MITRE Corporation, who as author of the NETMAN SMI [4], presented the basic roadmap for the SMI.

Second, several individuals who provided valuable comments on this memo prior to its initial distribution:

         James R. Davin, Proteon
         Mark S. Fedor, NYSERNet
         Craig Partridge, BBN Laboratories
         Martin Lee Schoffstall, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
         Wengyik Yeong, NYSERNet

Third, the IETF MIB working group:

         Karl Auerbach, Epilogue Technology
         K. Ramesh Babu, Excelan
         Lawrence Besaw, Hewlett-Packard
         Jeffrey D. Case, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
         James R. Davin, Proteon
         Mark S. Fedor, NYSERNet
         Robb Foster, BBN
         Phill Gross, The MITRE Corporation
         Bent Torp Jensen, Convergent Technology
         Lee Labarre, The MITRE Corporation
         Dan Lynch, Advanced Computing Environments
         Keith McCloghrie, The Wollongong Group
         Dave Mackie, 3Com/Bridge
         Craig Partridge, BBN (chair)
         Jim Robertson, 3Com/Bridge
         Marshall T. Rose, The Wollongong Group
         Greg Satz, cisco
         Martin Lee Schoffstall, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
         Lou Steinberg, IBM
         Dean Throop, Data General
         Unni Warrier, Unisys