On Friday, 06/19/2009 at 08:27 EDT, "McKown, John" <[email protected]> wrote:
> And, from what I've seen, IBM does not like to give some things out to > customers because it "freezes" what IBM can do in the future. Backward > compatability is wonderful for customers and a royal pain for vendors as it can > impact innovation. I wonder when/if Linux will ever suffer from the "can't > change that, the customers would revolt" syndrome. That's true, but it goes even deeper. Backup/Restore is "vendor space," including IBM's own offerings. We can't do things in the base product or give away things that would negatively affect the value of such software. But that's all stuff that gets sorted out when the actual requirement is analyzed by product planners and we understand what technology is needed and how it is best delivered. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
