On Wednesday, 11/07/2007 at 05:02 EST, Tom Duerbusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But that is the problem with development folks. They sit on the same machine, > day after day, year after year and think all the "user add ons" is a one time > thing. The user add ons seem to take more time putting on a VM system then the > install of VM!
Ahem. You must be talking about generic brand "development folks". z/VM Development does not sit on the same machine day after day, year after year, nor do we think post-installation customization is a one-time thing. When we upgrade the software or the hardware, we, like many others, inevitably forget to enable/set something. Our primary VM system is actually a production system since our mission is to product development, but it runs a development version of z/VM once it has stabilized sufficiently to do so. And if you like, we can add artificial delays into the install process so that it takes longer. :-) What you describe is a Good Thing! You *should* spend more time on the things that increase the value of the system than on the system itself. I'm not clear on why it's a bad thing that the install process be such a small part of the migration effort. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
