It should be mentioned that one of the reasons for the downsizing was lack of support for the mainframe, and specifically VM, from Tivoli.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Smrcina [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:05 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Shutdown of penguinvm.princeton.edu > > It is with the generosity and support of people like Melinda, Barton and > their co-workers and countless other people that make the VM and Linux for > S/390 community what it is. > > I, for one, am very proud to be a part of it and look forward to > continuing > for many years. > > It is very sad to see Princeton downsize, many thanks to Melinda. > > On Wednesday 27 February 2002 09:51 am, you wrote: > > During the initial discussions about moving penguinvm to linuxvm.org, I > > learned quite a bit more about Melinda's support for the early > i370/Bigfoot > > Linux/390 port. I always enjoy learning about other people's generosity > > (it helps remind me that not everyone is mean and small). As a result, > > I've added mention of Melinda's contribution to my "Linux for S/390 > Primer" > > presentation that I'll be giving at SHARE next week. I figure she > deserves > > accolades for what she does, no matter how frequently she does it. > > > > In that vein, I want to do the same for Barton Robinson and his crew at > > Velocity Software (particularly Tony Noto) for agreeing to provide a > > continuing home for the content that had been on penguinvm, and helping > me > > figure out some of the technical details of how that needed to be done. > > When I asked if there would be enough space available, there was no > > hesitation at all in answering "yes." To the best of my memory, > Barton's > > exact words were "It makes sense for us to support the VM community as > much > > as we can." > > > > Mark Post > > -- > Rich Smrcina > Sytek Services, Inc. > Milwaukee, WI > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! > Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. > WAVV 2002 in Cincinnati (Fort Mitchell, KY). > April 12-16, 2002 > For details see http://www.wavv.org
