Hey - I loved VM/IS - I can think of at least 3 or 4 contracts right off the top of my head that involved me coming in, ripping out IS and putting in SP or HPO! :)
Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer Internal Revenue Service - Room 6030 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20224 Voice: (202) 927-4188 FAX: (202) 622-6726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: Wolfe, Gordon W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 4:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: IBM announces LINUX-only 1 to 4 engine zSeries >run Linux under z/VM V4. The comments in the > announcement about not needing traditional skills... > Reminds me of 1987 when IBM announced the 9370 and VM/IS. Ads were something like "Your Secretary can install it and run it". True. But if you EVER needed to change it, say to add more DASD or to grant a privilege to a user, THEN you needed a systems programmer! That's how I got this job. "Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back." -Piet Hein, Journal of Irreproducible Results March, 1971 Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D VM Technical SErvices, The Boeing Company, (425)865-5940 > ---------- > From: Jim Elliott > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: IBM announces LINUX-only 1 to 4 engine zSeries > > To clarify some mis-conceptions on the list, you get the full z/VM V4 > product with the zSeries Linux Offering. As Ross stated, these machines > only have IFLs and only run in LPAR mode. You can run Linux directly in > the LPARs or you can run Linux under z/VM V4. The comments in the > announcement about not needing traditional skills relate to your being > able to use the "default install" option of z/VM and then using the z/VM > System Administration Facilty. This is NOT another VIF. > > It is my personal expectation that while customers without VM skills > will start this way, they will quickly want to develop VM skills so they > can take advantage of the full function provided by z/VM V4! > > Regards, Jim Elliott - Linux Advocate, IBM Canada Ltd. > >
