In a message dated 5/14/2002 10:21:07 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> There are simply too many knobs, levers, bells, whistles, and > portals that have developed over the last 30 years to allow a meaningful > simplification of the magnitude imposed by SAF and VIF. How does one > create a 2nd level system without learning enough directory management to > make SAF unnecessary? Chicken and the egg. > When USS came out, I dug in and learned it right away... As soon as S/390 Linux came out, I started playing around with it... Now, I'll be doing the same with z/VM...(hopefully...if I can talk management into a z800!) BUT (big but :).....IBM is losing and will lose many S/390 Linux customers because the Unix and NT guys aren't going to want to learn the complexities of z/VM. And...they will use the fact that there is not a good user interface (www?) for z/VM to convince management to stay away from S/390 Linux... Hiring a VM specialist or spending money on z/VM education is going to be a tough sell!!! I'd like to see a supported WWW frontend developed for z/VM...at least for common admin tasks and as a cloning tool. My opinon... Dave
