Until Romney does, Gerald Depass (and perhaps Romney) started Adesse. Adesse had some pretty nifty products!
IIRC, Single System Image was Romney's idea, after he started VM/CMS Unlimited. It was the Thursday afternoon before we (Hewitt Associates) were going live with a production implementation of SSI coupling an Amdahl and an IBM 4381 when we were informed that Romney was leaving VM/CMS Unlimited. Alex (Kodat?) at VM/CMS Unlimited was a terrific tech, but he wasn't Romney. I could not put the fate of Hewitt's VM system, and a very complex set of mods, into the hands of company that just lost its senior leader. Before 5PM on Friday we canceled all the production cutover plans and changed our VM direction to go with a larger processor. Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. "Hughes, Jim" <[email protected]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> 10/22/2009 04:00 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: z/VM 6.1 G.A. targeted for this Friday, Oct 23 Romney was with another outfit before VM/CMS Unlimited. For some reason the name Gerald Depass jumps out at me. Perhaps Romney can clear up all doubt. ____________________ Jim Hughes 603-271-5586 "It is fun to do the impossible." ==>-----Original Message----- ==>From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On ==>Behalf Of Schuh, Richard ==>Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:56 PM ==>To: [email protected] ==>Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 G.A. targeted for this Friday, Oct 23 ==> ==>That Company was VM/CMS Unlimited, IIRC. ==> ==>Regards, ==>Richard Schuh ==> ==> ==> ==>> -----Original Message----- ==>> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System ==>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Boyes ==>> Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 1:43 PM ==>> To: [email protected] ==>> Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 G.A. targeted for this Friday, Oct 23 ==>> ==>> On 10/22/09 4:03 PM, "Stephen Frazier" <[email protected]> wrote: ==>> ==>> > On VMware you can move a running virtual machine from one ==>> ESX machine ==>> > to another without the operating systems running on the virtual ==>> > machine knowing it. ==>> > There are many good ideas from zVM that have been copied by VMware. ==>> > This is an example going the other way - zVM is using a VMware idea. ==>> > Both VMware and zVM developers will tell you that they ==>> don't get ideas ==>> > from the other - but as an administrator of both systems I can see ==>> > what is happening. ==>> > Same thing different names - a minidisk on zVM is a vmdk on ==>> VMware. A ==>> > vSwitch on VMware is ... ==>> > Now zVM is adding vmotion from VMware, so they call it ==>> Single System Image. ==>> ==>> It's a little older than that. In the VM/SP and HPO days, ==>> there was a VM/SSI add-on from a 3rd party company. It ==>> implemented a truly enormous number of CP mods to allow ==>> virtual machines to move between a group of physical systems ==>> with the SWITCH command. Worked extremely well, till VM/XA ==>> came along. ==>> The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
