During the initial discussions about moving penguinvm to linuxvm.org, I learned quite a bit more about Melinda's support for the early i370/Bigfoot Linux/390 port. I always enjoy learning about other people's generosity (it helps remind me that not everyone is mean and small). As a result, I've added mention of Melinda's contribution to my "Linux for S/390 Primer" presentation that I'll be giving at SHARE next week. I figure she deserves accolades for what she does, no matter how frequently she does it.
In that vein, I want to do the same for Barton Robinson and his crew at Velocity Software (particularly Tony Noto) for agreeing to provide a continuing home for the content that had been on penguinvm, and helping me figure out some of the technical details of how that needed to be done. When I asked if there would be enough space available, there was no hesitation at all in answering "yes." To the best of my memory, Barton's exact words were "It makes sense for us to support the VM community as much as we can." Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Rob van der Heij [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 10:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Shutdown of penguinvm.princeton.edu For as long as we can remember, Melinda Varian of Princeton University has provided a virtual shelter for homeless VM Systems Programmers. When during the summer of 1999 some of us got very excited by the idea to run Linux on VM, Melinda generously donated a corner of PUCC to do our testing and development. With the users of the system spread over all continents and time zones, Melinda more than once added an extra mini disk or created a new userid between getting up and taking her morning showers. We owe Melinda a big THANK YOU for her never ending support. Princeton University's main VM system, PUCC, has been 'going away' for some time now. We are very sad that Princeton University will not be able to keep their position as prominent VM installation in the future, especially with the renewed interest in z/VM that we see in many shops. The imminent move of PUCC to a very small box means the final end for our Linux work on the system. The main thing left over is the web site that still gets some 1000 hits a day. The only good news we have is that we found a place to save the web site - at http://linuxvm.org/penguinvm/ Neale and Rob
