On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 08:39:16AM -0700, John Alvord wrote: > A disclaimer that I have worked for Candle for 12 years now...
Please don't take this wrong, then... > I find it curious that some people complain 1) lack of VM support and > 2) when first day support is provided for the most recent VM level. I don't. Paint me a skeptic, but you're seeing the fruits of more than a few years of ignoring the VM environment to a great degree. Candle hasn't substantially enhanced Omegamon/VM in years, other than the absolute minimum required to make it run for new releases of VM. Getting new function into the product has been an uphill battle at best, with support and people who care about the product drifting away little by little. Most of us have abandoned the product because it lacks almost all the goodies that it's OS/390 counterpart has. We've had cases when Candle sales people have told our management that VM is a dead product and that Candle isn't spending resources on dead products. It's nice that you invested in VM again, but we've heard this tune before. Show us a pattern and do it again for z/VM 4.4. Then we'll consider believing it *might* be a real committment to a VM product. > Reminds me of my first wife. Reminds me of why it takes more than one documented miracle to be considered for canonization. Congratulations on taking a good first step, but you've got to show some committment to get people excited about Omegamon/VM again. We've been burned before -- once burned, twice shy. -- db
