> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z/VM usability > > CMS for applications is pretty clearly a dead end, although I don't > think anyone wants to admit that at IBM. Even our other vendors don't > seem to be wanting to do new things for CMS (-- the biggie right here > now that has our CMS apps people rethinking their platform > yet again is > Connect:Direct (aka NDM) and it's lack of anything new esp the Secure+ > feature). > > Marcy
Still, if you add up all the CMS users world-wide they will number into the tens or hundreds of thousands. We account for over 3,000 ourselves. At what point does it's viability go away? Should IBM bring out a stabilized "VM Classic" to keep the old diehards happy, while regular VM continues on it's open systems march? Our organization has plans to "eventually" migrate from it's CMS applications. However in the meantime we are bringing in new CMS users from other less secure or unmaintainable systems. Everyone agrees that in the long term CMS plays a shrinking role. However, it will be important for IBM to provide support for the large and medium-scale CMS shops that continue to be in operation. How will IBM even know they still exist? Ray Mrohs U.S. Department of Justice 202-307-6896
