Adesse. That's the name I couldn't remember, only the final e was upside down.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Walter > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z/VM 6.1 G.A. targeted for this Friday, Oct 23 > > 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. >
