<sigh> I can understand "modern computing organizations" being ignorant of historical "modern computing environments" such as z/VM -- but the ACM?
Perhaps their selection committee was comprised of youngsters fresh out of college, with no historical computing knowledge (or concern)?? Double: <sigh> Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Chip Davis" <c...@aresti.com> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> 03/30/2010 04:42 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject ACM award Today the Association for Computing Machinery (of which I have been a member since 1970) made the following award: "VMware Workstation 1.0, the Software System Award, for bringing virtualization technology to modern computing environments, spurring a shift to virtual-machine architectures, and allowing users to efficiently run multiple operating systems on their desktops." Aside from the "run multiple OSes on the desktop" part, shouldn't we be insulted? -Chip- The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
