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After my meeting with a big hardware vendor today, I just got an additional
bunch of presentation slides and buzzwords. And yet another name for a
remote management utility.

Although all of the tested remote management systems comply with
[IPMI 2.0](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPMI), every vendor gives its
baby a "shiny" new name:

 * [Intel](http://www.intel.com) uses
   [RMM2](http://pixel01.cps.intel.com/design/servers/ISM/rmm2.htm)
   (remote management 2),
 * [Dell](http://www.dell.com) uses
   [DRAC](http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/power/en/ps2q02_bell)
   (Dell Remote Access Control),
 * [Sun](http://www.sun.com)
   (now [Oracle](http://www.sun.com/third-party/global/oracle/)) uses
   [ILOM](http://www.sun.com/systemmanagement/ilom.jsp)
   (Integrated Lights Out Manager)
 * [IBM](http://www.ibm.com) uses
   [IMM](http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/clresctr/vxrx/topic/com.ibm.cluster.csm16.install.doc/am7il_blademm.html)
   (Integrated Management Module)
 * and [HP](http://www.hp.com) uses
   [ILO](http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/management/ilo/)
   (Integrated Lights-Out).

What's the reason for this? Why did the car industry manage to have the same
name for the same feature
(like [ABS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-lock_braking_system)
or [ESP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_stability_control)) and
the IT industry not?