You caught the hedge too. z/VM - or any mainframe OS - is probably considered "classic" as opposed to "modern". But truly modern today would be hand-helds, phones or all-pervasive (built into the surroundings), desktops are becoming mini-dinosaurs. -- Mike Harding z/VM System Support
mhard...@us.ibm.com mike.b.hard...@kp.org mikehard...@mindless.com (925) 926-3179 (w) (925) 323-2070 (c) IM: VMBearDad (AIM), mbhcpcvt (Y!) The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> wrote on 03/30/2010 02:50:36 PM: > From: Mike Walter <mike.wal...@hewitt.com> > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Date: 03/30/2010 02:52 PM > Subject: Re: ACM award > Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> > > <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.
