This sounds vaguely like the old VM Workshops. I only attended four of them,
I think, but I learned a lot there and made lasting friends within this
community. Share and other conferences just aren't the same, and I've never
found another conference where you could fill a French restaurant with
balloon animals. :-D
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On 6/21/08 3:51 PM, "Bill Munson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wouldn't it be great some day for all the VM sysprogs to meet in one place
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> and the same time?
> The world would change!
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> Now that is a PARTY I would pay good money to attend.
>
> Bill Munson
> VM System Programmer
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> Mike Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent by: The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]>
> 06/21/2008 03:29 PM
> Please respond to
> The IBM z/VM Operating System <[email protected]>
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> To
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> Subject
> Re: VMNFS oppurtunity (I think)
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> Kris wrote (in part):
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>> on 30 June the contract with my customer ends. So 20 years of my life
> come to an end:
>
> Well that is definitely unhappy news. Best wishes in quickly finding a
> new contract, and getting back aboard the z/VM express.
>
>> So, at that time I will no longer have z/VM systems to play with. On
> the IBM systems I do only have an ordinary class G user...
>
> At least you don't have to go "cold turkey", having no access at all. What
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> a depressing thought.
>
> Wouldn't it be great some day for all the VM sysprogs to meet in one place
>
> and the same time?
> The world would change!
>
> Don't forget your "support group" here on the IBMVM listserv!
>
> Mike Walter
> Hewitt Associates
> Any opinions expressed herein are mine alone and do not necessarily
> represent the opinions or policies of Hewitt Associates.
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> "Kris Buelens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]>
> 06/21/2008 02:47 AM
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> Subject
> Re: VMNFS oppurtunity (I think)
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> BFSLIST uses PIPE and OPENVM commands... And I do think the bug is in
> BFSLIST:
> - $BFSLIST XEDIT is the main candidate, look for
> address '' 'PIPE (NAME GETDIR END ? ESC ")
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> About fixing it: on 30 June the contract with my customer ends. So 20
> years of my life come to an end: I started there when they where
> creating a Client/Server VM ( CSP, PLI, APPC, DB2) application with
> OS/2 and VM in the middle. It is now moved to z/OS.
> So, at that time I will no longer have z/VM systems to play with. On
> the IBM systems I do only have an ordinary class G user...
> My future is still uncertain and if nobody asks for VM services, I'm
> sure IBM Belgium will make me do other work; bye bye 30 years VM
> carreer then :-( As Belgium is small, I consider taking projects
> elsewhere too.
>
> I doubt I'll find time next week: the cleanup process is taking my
> time (no we will not simply scratch all the VM stuff, I'll save it
> -shrinked and upleveled to 5.3). A copy for the customer and one for
> me.
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> 2008/6/20 Rich Smrcina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Indeed...
>>
>> Steve, do the files look correct using native tools to view the
> directory
>> entries?
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>> Alan Altmark wrote:
>>>
>>> On Friday, 06/20/2008 at 05:06 EDT, Rich Smrcina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> If you're on a supported level of z/VM a call to the support center or
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> a
>>>> visit to IBMLink may be in your future.
>>>
>>> BFSLIST is courtesy of Kris Buelens, and is located on the VM Download
>>> Library. I'm sure he'll chime in shortly. :-) If it is subsequently
>>> determined that OPENVM LISTFILE (or whatever interface BFSLIST is
> using)
>>> isn't working properly, THEN a call to the Support Center is in order.
>>>
>>> Alan Altmark
>>> z/VM Development
>>> IBM Endicott
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Rich Smrcina
>> VM Assist, Inc.
>> Phone: 414-491-6001
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